Opinion

E-trading platform Bijak is helping small and medium-size agri traders expand their business

E-trading platform Bijak is helping small and medium-size agri traders expand their business

Bijak, India’s No.1 agri-trading app, is a one-stop e-marketplace for agri traders...

PMFBY: Introspection, Expectations and Future Road Map

PMFBY: Introspection, Expectations and Future Road Map

PMFBY is a scheme that has been in existence for the last few years and has contributed...

Online skill-building of Gram Panchayat and Line Department functionaries in Uttar Pradesh: A suggestive framework

Online skill-building of Gram Panchayat and Line Department functionaries in Uttar Pradesh: A suggestive framework

The skill-building of the elected and the non-elected panchayat officials is the...

Challenges for India’s agricultural exports: Discordant voices get louder at WTO

Challenges for India’s agricultural exports: Discordant voices get louder at WTO

While favourable conditions continue to exist for stimulating agricultural exports,...

NCUI Haat: Strengthening the Cooperative Brand

NCUI Haat: Strengthening the Cooperative Brand

NCUI Haat will be inaugurated on 16 August 2021, and will host exhibitions of products...

97th Amendment and recent SC judgement: Understanding the implications for the new Ministry of Cooperation

97th Amendment and recent SC judgement: Understanding the implications for the new Ministry of Cooperation

The new Ministry of Cooperation can make a difference in the lives of millions of...

Sorry, inflation above 10 per cent cannot be brushed aside as ''routine''; it is hurting

Sorry, inflation above 10 per cent cannot be brushed aside as ''routine''; it is hurting

Let inflation not be a routine affair; it is a serious issue afflicting the economy....

Understanding social costs of e-retail and monopoly

Understanding social costs of e-retail and monopoly

What happens off the farm matters much more for farmer livelihoods than what happens...

Enabling environment is a must for 'Sahakar se Samriddhi'

Enabling environment is a must for 'Sahakar se Samriddhi'

An efficiently functioning cooperative structure alone has the potential to make...

Power imbalances in food systems

Power imbalances in food systems

Unfortunately, since the start of the Covid-19 pandemic, there has been a greater...

The “slow magic” of agricultural research must accelerate

The “slow magic” of agricultural research must accelerate

The Prime Minister has envisioned making India a USD 5-trillion economy by 2024-25....

Elections of Kshetra Panchayat President  and  Zila  Panchayat  President in UP: A dangerous portent for rural self-governance

Elections of Kshetra Panchayat President and Zila Panchayat President in UP: A dangerous portent for rural self-governance

Although the elections are not being held on party symbols, there is the active...

Hurdles for universal vaccination

Hurdles for universal vaccination

Will patent-free vaccines and medicines really become a reality? Or will poor countries...

Inflation squeezes the average Indian battling Covid-19 impact; looking through it not an option

Inflation squeezes the average Indian battling Covid-19 impact; looking through it not an option

The price rise is much more severe than its reflection in the headline numbers....

NO Certainty In Getting TRIPS Waiver Sought By India for Covid-19 Medicines

NO Certainty In Getting TRIPS Waiver Sought By India for Covid-19 Medicines

Covid-19 has triggered a huge demand for medical products which is unlikely to decline...

Govt should set up  “National Rural Prosperity Fund” for improving private capital formation and asset creation in rural areas

Govt should set up “National Rural Prosperity Fund” for improving private capital formation and asset creation in rural areas

The government has to put back agricultural growth on top of the development agenda....

Top experts brainstorm on critical issues before agri sector in Amrit Kaal

The country’s top agricultural experts brainstormed on all critical issues facing India’s agriculture sector on the road ahead for...

Rural Dialogue

Govt's challenge increases on wheat, procurement may remain at last year's level  

Amidst claims of record wheat production by the government, the reality might turn out to be different. In many markets of the country,...

National

First four phases of LS polls see nearly 67pc voter turnout

The cumulative turnout in the first four phases of the Lok Sabha elections has been recorded at 66.95 per cent, with 45.10 crore of...

ELECTIONS 2024

India's April palm oil imports increased 34 pc on lower global prices

India imported 70.69 lakh metric tons of edible oils during the first half of the oil year 2023–24 (Nov–Oct), representing a decrease...

National

Corteva Agriscience names Subroto Geed as President for South Asia

Corteva Agriscience, a global leader in agriculture solutions, has named Subroto Geed as President, South Asia, entrusting him with...

Agribusiness

Guidelines set for export of spices amid importers' quality concerns

Comprehensive guidelines have been framed by by the Spices Board for exporters to prevent ethylene oxide (EtO) -- a carcinogenic chemical...

Agribusiness