Agriculture PolicyBriefingFebruary 29, 2020GM is a Tool we Should Wield, for Further Growth in our Yield: Nadir Godrej says it in Verse at Agri Summit By vivian fernandes At Hindu BusinessLine’s Agri-Summit on 27 February, 2020 in Delhi, Godrej Agrovet’s…Read more 0 0 0 Share
Agriculture PolicyBriefingFebruary 20, 2020Drive To Solarize Irrigation Can Deplete Groundwater Without Power Buyback at Attractive Rates By vivian fernandes The Finance Minister has announced an ambitious programme to solarize 2 million grid-connected pumps…Read more 0 0 0 Share
Agriculture PolicyBriefingFebruary 19, 2020ICAR Responds to Criticism, Cites Past Research Record, Says T. Ramasami's Revamp Report is Being Implemented By vivian fernandes In response to the article by Vivian Fernandes in the Financial Express of 10 February, published in…Read more 0 0 0 Share
Agriculture PolicyBriefingFebruary 17, 2020Actual Food Subsidy for this Year will Raise the Fiscal Deficit from Revised Estimate of 3.75% of GDP to 4.95% By vivian fernandes The budget documents say that the food subsidy for 2019-20 was revised down by Rs 75,532 cr from the…Read more 0 0 0 Share
Agriculture PolicyBriefingFebruary 14, 2020Hatsun Agro's MD says More Processing Capacity Not Needed; Indian Dairy Can be Cost-Competitive with Protein-Rich Fodder By vivian fernandes Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman in her budget speech set a target of doubling India’s annual…Read more 0 0 0 Share
Agriculture PolicyBriefingFebruary 11, 2020ICAR Denies Copy of Peer Review Committee Citing Threat to National Interest; Information Commissiner Agrees By vivian fernandes The Indian Council of Agricultural Research (ICAR) has declined to provide Vivian Fernandes a 2017…Read more 0 0 0 Share
Agriculture PolicyBriefingFebruary 4, 2020With Govt Finances Stretched, Farm Investment Will Not Rise Unless Centre Gets States to Enact Model Laws By vivian fernandes Government spending on the agriculture sector in this financial year was 2.2 times more than that in…Read more 0 0 0 Share
