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Topic: Farmers

Congress slams wheat export ban, bats for MSP at Chintan Shivir

Ishadrita Lahiri -
The Congress party’s agricultural panel at Udaipur's Chintan Shivir as well as former Union Minister P Chidambaram, criticised the Modi government's move ban wheat exports

In Andhra, an uninhabited hill pits tribal women against local administration & mining firm

Rishika Sadam -
Andhra farmers allege that land they have been cultivating for decades has been given to a mining company on lease. Authorities say the tribals were never assigned the land.

Let farmers lease land like people rent houses – Land laws are holding India back

+TFP Luis Miranda -
All states place restrictions on who can buy farmland. India’s low score on the protection of property rights harms farmers.

From Lakhimpur to Punjab, farmers’ protests did impact elections. Believe data not half-truths

Yogendra Yadav -
In this test match, farm organisations were neither bowlers, nor batsmen. They prepared the wicket, no doubt.

Congress, BJP, AAP all promise farm loan waivers. But here’s its real cost on states

Shweta Saini -
Between 1987 and 2019, political parties lost elections only four out of 21 times following a promise of farm loan waiver. But it’s a vicious cycle.

MSP is not easy maths. Government delay in making it legal understandable

Siraj Hussain -
The Modi government said last year that it will set up a committee to decide on MSP. Its delay reveals how complex the decision is.

If you want to defend India’s republic, don’t just focus on Modi-baiting

Yogendra Yadav -
We, who wish to reclaim the republic, must begin the new year by realising the power of positive politics.

Lesson from 2021 is that TV news sees a lot ‘ulta’ — Covid, Bengal election, farmers’ protest

Shailaja Bajpai -
In 2021, we watched events through a distorted lens on TV news channels. Like living in the Truman Show.

How to climate-proof Indian agriculture through innovation – from fertiliser to farmer networks

Rasheed Sulaiman V -
Small-scale farmers have been spending about 35% of their overheads on synthetic fertilisers, which can place them at greater financial risk from climatic shocks.

Farmer leader Gurnam Chaduni launches party ‘to purify politics’ & contest in Punjab polls

PTI -
Chaduni, a member of the Samyukta Kisan Morcha, said his party — Sanyukt Sangharsh Party — will try to contest all 117 assembly seats in the state.
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Representative image of an ethanol-blended fuel station plug | Wikimedia Commons

Ethanol blended fuel to power vehicles. Will it hurt your car’s engine?

Kushan Mitra -
India’s reliance on ethanol blended fuel is only set to increase in the wake of rising crude oil prices. But are we going to adapt in time?
PM Modi with Army and BSF Jawans in Kashmir in 2017 | @narendramodi/Twitter

American SiG Sauer rifle fine for Army—for now. Indian firms should be Modi govt’s priority

Pakistan Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif | ShehbazSharif/Facebook

Pakistan’s being governed by London Sharif and Islamabad Sharif. But they’re not on same page

Economy

A shopkeeper arranges stock at a grocery store in Bengaluru | Representational image | Bloomberg Photo

Inflation raised monthly expenses of 92% Indian families in last 3 months, finds online survey

ThePrint Team -
A LocalCircles poll found that 70% of respondents felt their monthly household budget increased by 10% while 55% expected expenses to go up by another 10% in the next 3 months.

Defence

File photo of a defence personnel armed with a SiG 716 rifle near the Line of Control | Photo: Snehesh Alex Philip | ThePrint

India to ink ‘repeat order’ deal for 73,000 SiG 716 rifles from the US

Snehesh Alex Philip -
In February 2019, 72,400 SiG 716 rifles of 7.62 x 51mm calibre were contracted from SIG Sauer Inc, USA, under government's 'Buy (Global) category', through fast track procedure.

National Interest

How Congress is like the Ambassador & why Indian politics needs a brand new set of wheels

Shekhar Gupta -
Like the car, nothing the party has done to reinvent itself has worked. Only way forward is to offer something looking towards the future, not in image of glorious past.

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