Opinion
Demand for effective MSP is the way forward for farmers’ movement
Farmers have returned home after staying in for more than a year. While this retreat...
Farming Class of 2021 would be a turning point for national agenda
The year 2021 would also go down in Indian history as a turning point for our polity...
Repeal of the Farm Laws: What next?
All three farm laws stand repealed. Does this mean the end of reforms in agriculture?...
India adversely impacted by a flawed and discriminatory subsidies’ regime
On December 14, a WTO dispute settlement panel concluded in its report that India...
Inflation is a pick-pocket, must be arrested soon
Inflation in wholesale mandis , as measured by the Wholesale Price Index (WPI) at...
Why the current farmers’ movement is bigger than Champaran and Kheda
Farmers will return from the encampments set up on the Delhi borders to their homes...
Only a comprehensive agricultural policy can reverse the decades-long neglect
The farmers may have won a battle against the farm laws, but they stand to lose...
Don't dismiss farmers as vote banks; India Inc treating them as partners must be the way forward
In a democracy as vibrant as India, the political economy cannot be overlooked by...
Dr Kurien: The uncanny corporate reformer
In almost every state in India, National Milk Day is being celebrated today November...
Reforms mean controlling input costs; food subsidy goes to run ration shops, not pocketed by farmers
There is a strong disappointment amongst those who feel that the repeal of the three...
Return of the farm lobby on the political and economic landscape
With the announcement by Prime Minister Narendra Modi that the three controversial...
Repeal of farm laws: Masterstroke or political compulsion?
The decision announced by the Prime Minister on the morning of November 19 is an...
Systemic inflation is here to stay; hardship is omnipresent, be it in cities or in villages
Inflation, which is turning into one of the issues in the crucial Assembly elections...
WTO MC12: India faces tough challenges in moving from "peace clause" to "permanent solution"
Before suggesting the way forward, Ambassador Peralta should have looked at two...
Farmers’ movement: Need to broaden its scope by presenting a national platform
Any social transformation requires socio-economic movements which lead to a change...
"Broke to Breakthrough" narrates the story of the rise of India’s largest private dairy company
"Broke to Breakthrough" portrays how a person belonging to a peasant family in a...
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