Agriculture PolicyFebruary 3, 2021FM Shifts Food and Fertiliser Subsidy Arrears to the Budget; Acknowledges their True Extent By vivian fernandes The Finance Minister has come clean on subsidies. The food subsidy was underprovided in the last…Read more 0 0 Share
Agriculture PolicyBriefingJanuary 29, 2021Economic Survey Wants Rural Schools for Farmers to Transform Them Into Entrepreneurs By vivian fernandes The option of setting up rural agricultural schools for hands-on training may be explored to…Read more 0 0 0 Share
BriefingJanuary 26, 2021Glimpses of the Farmers' Tractor Parade at Ghazipur in Delhi By vivian fernandes Farmers broke through the police barricades at Delhi’s Ghazipur border with Delhi, deviating…Read more 0 0 0 Share
BriefingJanuary 25, 2021Dispose of Excess Stocks by Making all Rural People and Those in Urban Slumbs Eligible for Subsidized Grain, Says Jean Dreze By vivian fernandes There is a double imbalance between procurement of foodgrains and distribution for welfare purposes…Read more 0 0 0 Share
Agriculture PolicyBriefingJanuary 19, 2021'Centre's Law Easing Agricultural Marketing Ignores Regional, Seasonal and Crop-wise Variations' By vivian fernandes Supporters of the three central laws that free up agricultural marketing say market prices will lead…Read more 0 0 0 Share
BriefingJanuary 9, 2021Food Inflation Climbing to Pre-Pandemic Levels With Economies Normalising and China Stockpiling By vivian fernandes Food inflation is climbing towards pre-pandemic levels which might make it difficult for the Reserve…Read more 0 0 0 Share
BriefingJanuary 7, 2021Punjab's Protesting Farmers Can't Shift from Remunerative Rice and Wheat Because of Poor R&D in Alternative Crops: Deepak Pental By vivian fernandes The protesting farmers of Punjab, Haryana and western Uttar Pradesh cannot move out of the…Read more 0 0 0 Share
BriefingDecember 17, 2020Digital Start-ups Are Changing Agriculture with Quick Fixes to Knotty Problems By vivian fernandes Agriculture has become a hotbed of innovation. Digital startups are attracting risk money by…Read more 0 0 0 Share
BriefingDecember 10, 2020Why Raw Honey is Mixed with Sugar Syrup and How Much Should it Cost? What Bibek Debroy Says By vivian fernandes Is branded honey adulterated as the Centre for Science and Environment alleges on the basis of a…Read more 0 0 0 Share
BriefingDecember 8, 2020Why Compelling Traders to Pay MSP is a Terrible Idea By vivian fernandes There is creeping nationalisation of the rice and wheat trade owing to high procurement prices, says…Read more 0 1 0 Share