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Topic: Farmers

SC’s verdict leaves us high and dry, say farmers in Tamil Nadu’s Cauvery Delta

Swapna Merlin - 17 February, 2018

Farmers and the opposition allege that the state government has not done enough to ensure that Tamil Nadu gets at least 205 TMC of Cauvery water.

The government has announced higher farm prices, but has also bought time

Siraj Hussain - 2 February, 2018

There’s no easy solution; and instead of making a promise, Jaitley has announced that NITI Aayog will draft a policy after consulting the states.

Ensuring that only farmers benefit from higher MSP will be a challenge

Gopal Naik - 2 February, 2018

The idea of giving 1.5 times the cost of the produce is good, but with challenges in implementation, achieving effectiveness will require innovative approach.

The Modi govt never understood the problems of Indian farmers. Budget 2018 proves it

Yogendra Yadav - 1 February, 2018

Arun Jaitley seemed to make a grand declaration as if he was fulfilling a manifesto promise. But he just shifted the goal posts with Budget 2018.

If we can afford to recapitalise banks and a bullet train, why not MSP for farmers?

Yogendra Yadav - 25 November, 2017

This could be the first step in the right direction but it cannot solve all the farmers’ grievances,

Price controls at such a scale will bring bureaucracy at every mandi, breed corruption

Siraj Hussain - 24 November, 2017

Price controls at such massive scale would require intervention of bureaucracy at the level of every mandi and would breed corruption everywhere.

Modi’s war on inflation has become a war on farmers

Aruna Urs - 24 November, 2017

Is the Swaminathan committee recommendation on MSP a practical solution to farmers grievances in India?

Innovation needed to end stubble burning, but Delhi does little to stop pollution in NCR

Siraj Hussain - 8 November, 2017

There is an urgent need to encourage innovation and educate farmers rather than taking punitive action against already stressed farmers. It is that time of...

Only innovative solutions that don’t burden farmers can end stubble burning

Sucha Singh Gill - 8 November, 2017

From mixing the stubble into soil, to making manure and use in the packaging industry, there are a lot of ways in which the problem of paddy residue can be solved.

Few takers for Punjab govt’s ‘best’ solution to stubble burning

Swapna Merlin - 14 October, 2017

Even farmers in the ‘model district’ of Patiala continue to defy court orders to burn stubble, and are demanding incentives to manage crop residue.

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