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’.
Gurugram has a problem of structural abandonment, whether you’re a domestic worker speaking an alien language, or the much-celebrated CEO of the new hot startup.
In the latest budget, the FDI limit was increased to 100 percent, but most foreign companies are not buying such large stakes in the Indian insurance sector.
Modi government had also made numerous efforts to establish peace with Pakistan but has now adopted a different path, militarily, to establish peace, adds defence minister.
As Narendra Modi becomes India’s second-longest consecutively serving Prime Minister, we look at how he compares with Indira Gandhi across four key dimensions.
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