Opinion
Dairy & Food Inflation: Farmer vs Consumer
In north India, Mother Dairy and AMUL have increased the prices of liquid milk variants...
Budget 2023-24: How much rural friendly?
If we put allocation for Rural development and Agriculture together, we found that...
Why Sitharaman missed opportunity of putting economy on inclusive growth path in Budget 2023-24
Past evidence shows that when farm incomes have increased on account of a shift...
No hike in Budget outlays for agriculture in 2 years; reduction in real terms; Irrigation given a bad miss
Headlines First . Funds for the Ministry of Agriculture and Farmers Welfare have...
Agriculture has to wait for its Amrit Kaal
the bigger question is why farmers and rural India had been made to wait for their...
Union Budget: FM to walk tightrope to meet demands of all stakeholders
It's going be a tightrope walk for Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman when she...
Wheat weaving a story of farmers shrugging MSP, putting Govt in tight spot
The government seems to be desperate for a drop in wheat prices and expects that...
Of Rs 7.50 lakh crore capex, share of agriculture below Rs 140 crore; sector crying for investment in Budget
Boosting consumption by giving money to the hands of consumers and production by...
From start-ups to exports — time to promote agritech start-ups
Infrastructure, product-specific business groups and a business ecosystem are being...
Food subsidy critical for achieving SDGs
The decision to merge PMGKAY, which started 28 months back owing to Covid-19, with...
Rural governance: Top to bottom and bottom to top
The mess exists not only at the grassroots level but also at the top level which,...
India dairy to the world
The nationwide movement led to the elimination of middlemen from the system and...
Agriculture is turning into a formal sector
The agriculture sector of the country is going through a slow change. It is the...
Food system management through cooperatives
The concept of Sahakar Grams is to shift the gravitational forces of agriculture...
FTAs, rural India and farmers
Conventional economic theory may suggest that the liberalization of trade policies...
Food losses and wastage contribute to food insecurity
Despite high economic growth since the reforms of 1991, a large percentage of Indians...
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