BriefingFebruary 6, 2021Shetkari Sanghatana Opposes Legally-Guaranteed MSP; Urges Centre Not to Compromise at Any Cost By vivian fernandes Opposing the demand of the farmers protesting on the borders of Delhi for legally-guaranteed minimum…Read more 0 0 Share
BriefingFebruary 3, 2021Chief Justice Sharad Bobde's Association with the Shetkari Sanghatana is No Secret; He Himself has Acknowledged It By vivian fernandes The Supreme Court Committee on Farm Laws today heard representatives from the Shetkari Sanghatana…Read more 0 0 Share
Agriculture PolicyBriefingFebruary 3, 2021Budget 2021-22 Disappoints by Not Making Allocation for Diversification from Wheat and Rice in Punjab, Haryana By vivian fernandes There hasn’t been a big increase in the share of wheat or rice procured by the previous or present…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