Opinion
Agrarian Distress Overshadowed by Inflation, Unemployment, Temple and OBC Reservations in LS Polls
Despite agriculture's share in GVA increasing to 18 percent and employing 45 percent...
Water Crisis: The Major Challenge Facing Farmers in Amrit Kaal
India is fast moving from being a water-stressed country to a water-scarce country....
Technology Push: Indian seed sector bats for a resilient agriculture sector
Technology in agriculture, particularly, seeds has great potential to provide sustainable,...
Where are Panchayats in Election Manifestos?
In this article not only what the political parties said about Panchayati Raj in...
Formula for Keeping Prices of Food Products Low despite MSP Hike
We need to achieve self-sufficiency in edible oils and pulses. However, the government...
The Yellow Revolution: Need of the Hour
Indian dependence on imports growing to almost 60-65% of our consumption seriously...
16th Finance Commission and conservation of Natural resources
The 13th FC did make a special reference to water conservation and management efforts...
Bringing agriculture back to the centre of policy making
The younger generation across states loses faith in agriculture as an attractive...
Hailing Bharat Ratna to Dr MS Swaminathan
Recent announcement by Hon’ble Prime Minster Shri Narendra Modi to confer Bharat...
Charan Singh’s greatest contribution: Resistance to collectivization
Mahatma Gandhi and Jayaprakah Narain never ran any government, but they were as...
Chaudhary Charan Singh wanted quota for farmers, three UP agri laws made in their favour
Former Prime Minister Chaudhary Charan Singh is one of the few leaders whose politics...
No permanent solution of peace clause expected at 13th ministerial conference of WTO
Later this month, Trade Ministers of the World Trade Organization (WTO) would meet...
Inflation targeting has adverse impact on agriculture and rural economy
The inflation-targeting strategy of the Reserve Bank of India (RBI) and the Central...
Make farmers shareholders in Corporate India; Convert sugarcane outstanding into equity
But since the stock market, despite gaining popularity among retail investors, has...
Incentivise crop diversification, rationalise power subsidy to divert farmers from paddy in Punjab
The principal threat to Punjab is the cultivation of paddy which is depleting aquifers...
Govt, RBI on the same page for supply-side management to rein in inflation
Stock limit for wheat traders, extension of ban on onion export till March 2024,...
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