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Swadeshi Jagran Manch suggests comprehensive reforms for Pesticide Management Bill 2020
Swadeshi Jagran Manch says that the country needs a better and more comprehensive...
Electricity Act amendment will hamper the revival of the domestic economy
The public sector power engineers have warned that the proposed amendment to the...
DR R S Paroda gives reasoning for fixing MSP at C2 cost plus 50 per cent
Dr. R.S. Paroda, former DG, Indian Council for Agricultural Research(ICAR) and Chairman,...
UP govt silent on interest on arrear payments; will SC decide sugarcane farmers’ rights?
Legally, the calculation of arrears starts 14 days after cane supply because farmers...
Six months into the farmers’ movement, govt and farmers both adamant on their respective stances but both want the movement to be over
SKM has even written a letter to PM Narendra Modi asking him to resume the dialogue...
CII demands reallocation of oxygen for steel, ferrous industry
With the medical oxygen demand by Covid-19 hospitals starting to stabilise, the...
Sugarcane farmers get 92.4 per cent payments in Maharashtra for the current season; only 62.29 per cent in UP
As per the data available, as of May 12, 2021, the UP sugar mills have made 62.29...
SC committee report on farm laws still in a sealed cover; farmer organizations adamant on protest
In the second week of January, the SC ordered a stay on the three farm laws till...
Kalanamak rice marches forward with GI tag and nutritional properties
Retail advertisements of Kalanamak are based on its association with religious beliefs...
Will the farmers’ movement last long or the Supreme Court committee report help find a way out?
The possibilities of the 114-day long farmers’ movement, which is going on at the...
Challenges of Agricultural Marketing Reforms
Policy-making requires wide consultative processes which involve all stakeholders....
Sugar industry and cane farmers are developing a ‘mini-Brazil’ in India through ethanol revolution
The sugar industry and the sugarcane farmers together are flipping the script and...
Potato farmers wait for TOP formula even as they have to suffer losses for another year
The potato farmers may have to face losses in ways more than one: increasing costs,...
The heat of political and economic loss of the farmers’ movement
The heat of the political and economic loss of the farmers’ movement against the...
How justified is it to call a draft report the opinion of Punjab government?
The committee report prepared to bring about reforms in the economy of Punjab is...
From ‘food security’ to ‘nutrition security’ and much more
The National Dialogue is an exchange of ideas among Niti Aayog, Food and Agriculture...
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