Led by agricultural economist Ashok Gulati & other researchers, the study recommends 5 policy options that could benefit farmers 'without placing undue costs on rest of economy'.
Agri marketing boards of Haryana, Punjab, Rajasthan, Goa, Uttarakhand & Assam hold talks to provide logistics to facilitate selling of produce outside their states where demand is high.
Virender Lather, a former ICAR scientist, says scheme launched in 2021 will harm farmers' income & India's food security, urges governor & HC to intervene.
In an article, Bibek Debroy says that taxing farmers’ incomes should be the states’ responsibility and the reason it is not already done is due to political clout of large farmers.
MSP for moong became ceiling price as private traders were unwilling to offer more, claim growers. Another factor was low procurement of produce at MSP by Punjab government.
The changes in budgetary allocations of key schemes will likely affect the Indian agriculture sector. Budget 2022 should lay the foundation for PM Modi's ‘Amrit Kaal’.
‘Mother kept pouring water in our eyes whenever the burning became unbearable. She pushed our bodies deep into the blanket, making sure not a single part was exposed,’ my father said.
December oil imports from Russia may drop nearly 50%, but Indian buyers already shifting to non-designated Russian entities and opaque trading channels to keep Russian oil flowing.
The helicopters produced by Lockheed Martin are known as ‘submarine hunters’. India ordered 24 of these aircraft in 2020 to replace the Sea King helicopters. 15 have been delivered till date.
The India-South Africa series-defining fact is the catastrophic decline of Indian red ball cricket where a visiting team can mock us with the 'grovel' word.
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