Agricultural SubsidiesAgriculture PolicyBriefingBt cottonMarch 21, 2019Harish Damodaran on How Radha Mohan Singh's Orders Denying Pricing and Licensing Freedom are Reversing the Cotton Revolution By vivian fernandes In an in the Indian Express, Harish Damodaran writes that the government’s contempt for…Read more 0 0 0 Share
Agricultural SubsidiesAgriculture PolicyFebruary 3, 2019Use Per Acre Income Support to Influence Farmers' Cropping Decisions, UP Official Says By vivian fernandes When income support is provided to farmers on a per acre basis like Telangana’s Raithu Bandhu…Read more 0 0 0 Share
Agricultural SubsidiesAgriculture PolicyGM CropsJune 5, 2017Chief Economic Adviser Speaks Up for Trade in Animals for Slaughter, Patent Rights on Plant Traits By admin “If the terminal value of livestock assets declines it will make livestock farming…Read more 0 0 0 Share
Agricultural SubsidiesJanuary 22, 2017National Institute of Nutrition Releases Revised Indian Food Composition Tables After 45 Years By admin Soumya Swaminathan, DG, ICMR (left), Health Minister J P Nadda (middle) and Minister of State Fagan…Read more 0 0 Share
Agricultural SubsidiesAgriculture PolicyJune 14, 2016Benefits, Not Subsidies, Should Drive Drip Irrigation: Ag Secy Pattanayak By admin (1) The government is fully on board on several of your suggestions. Direct benefit transfer, which…Read more 0 0 0 Share
Agricultural SubsidiesAgriculture PolicyBriefingApril 11, 2016Cheap Crop Loans are Parked in Fixed Deposits, Re-lent at Higher Rates, Say Economists By admin In an article in the Indian Express, agricultural economist Ashok Gulati and researcher Prerna…Read more 0 0 0 Share
Agri-biotechnologyAgricultural SubsidiesAgriculture PolicyBriefingGM EndorsementsFebruary 26, 2016Economic Survey Calls for More-From-Less Agriculture; Clear Pathway for GM Crops By admin ‘More from less’ should be the aim of agriculture because rapid industrialization and climate…Read more 0 0 0 Share
Agricultural SubsidiesAgriculture PolicyBriefingAugust 18, 2015Making Solar-powered Irrigation Affordable By admin Bhavarlal Jain with his three icons: Mahatma Gandhi, JRD Tata and Jawaharlal Nehru. When I…Read more 0 0 0 Share
Agricultural SubsidiesBriefingAugust 6, 2015If Rural Distress is Acute, Harsh Mander, Why is Farm Labour in Short Supply? By admin In a commentary on the Socio-Economic Caste Census (Many Degrees of Hopelessness in Villages…Read more 0 0 0 Share