Chandrababu Naidu’s Rs 35,000-crore irrigation roadmap, Polavaram push and AI-driven water management mark a strategic shift towards farmers and rural governance in Andhra Pradesh.
Repeated changes in cotton import duty have prioritised textile competitiveness when mills face high input costs. But policy can also put pressure on farmgate prices.
CM Vijay specifically highlighted farmers opposing SIPCOT industrial estate project in Tiruvannamalai district, where some were detained under the stringent Goondas Act.
Before he started his strawberry farm in Kunda village near Udaipur, Narayan Singh spent years learning from growers in Himachal and Mahabaleshwar and hunting for the perfect microclimate.
When half of all consumers are trapped in a low-productivity agrarian economy, exposing them further to agricultural price volatility would be criminal.
A new pattern has emerged across the region: Farmers are converting compensation into long-term wealth by making strategic land investments around Jewar.
Kullu is seeing a persimmon revolution. Sweet, low-maintenance, and climate-resistant, the fruit is delivering Rs 60-70 lakh profits in just three months of harvest.
The ‘Amar Pujo, Amar Starbucks’ campaign also created Bhetki Bhaja Sandwich and Sorse Chicken Burger, but Bengalis drew a line when they saw aloo posto being butchered.
The regulator says insurance distribution has become too commission-driven. Its new proposal seeks to make sales more transparent, accountable and aligned with customer needs.
IAF chief Air Chief Marshal A.P. Singh has ruled out a separate drone force, saying that UAVs must operate with fighters and other existing technology.
Modern India might have been conjured up in the image of Gandhi. But India was never a Gandhian state. Founders of the Republic, be it Nehru or Patel, nursed zero such notions.
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