Posts

Opinion

Why Denigrate Them as Subordinate or Lower Judiciary?

Recent landmark judgments show the exemplary role of district courts in dispensing...

Agribusiness
NCDC ropes in ICAR institutes and KVKs to set up FPOs

NCDC ropes in ICAR institutes and KVKs to set up FPOs

The National Cooperative Development Corporation (NCDC), a cooperatives-focused...

National
Milk prices go up for farmers but consumers remain unaffected

Milk prices go up for farmers but consumers remain unaffected

There has been a significant increase in the milk prices that farmers get. The increase...

Agribusiness
Cane price arrears may jump very fast to uncomfortable levels

Cane price arrears may jump very fast to uncomfortable levels

Low sugar prices, much below the cost of production for the last several months,...

Cooperatives
No increase in fertilizer prices; IFFCO aims to help farmers

No increase in fertilizer prices; IFFCO aims to help farmers

The world’s largest processed fertiliser cooperative, IFFCO, has announced that...

Agribusiness
India’s first FPO under Cooperative Societies Act

India’s first FPO under Cooperative Societies Act

This FPO in Varanasi will be set up for processing high-value vegetable products....

National
Potato farmers wait for TOP formula even as they have to suffer losses for another year

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,...

Cooperatives
Lakshadweep, NCDC sign MoU to ensure all-round development of farmers, fishermen

Lakshadweep, NCDC sign MoU to ensure all-round development of farmers, fishermen

The Union Territory of Lakshadweep and the National Co-operative Development Corporation...

Opinion
Hand over agriculture marketing  to farm cooperatives and collectives

Hand over agriculture marketing to farm cooperatives and collectives

The government- or corporate-sector-driven institutional arrangements may not be...

States
IIM Lucknow to help in Modernisation of UP Farm Mandis

IIM Lucknow to help in Modernisation of UP Farm Mandis

The UP Agricultural Marketing Board (Mandi Parishad) meeting here chaired by state...

National
The heat of political and economic loss of the farmers’ movement

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...

Agribusiness
Sugar production in India goes up; Maharashtra on top, ahead of UP

Sugar production in India goes up; Maharashtra on top, ahead of UP

Some sweet sounds can be heard in the sugar industry. As per reports from ISMA,...

States
Amid farm stir, Yogi takes the gamble of not hiking sugarcane price

Amid farm stir, Yogi takes the gamble of not hiking sugarcane price

With UP elections still a year away, the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) government...

Ground Report
Svamitva Scheme: Benefits and challenges

Svamitva Scheme: Benefits and challenges

The real empowerment would be for landless persons, whose properties are their buildings/houses...

National
How justified is it to call a draft report the opinion of Punjab government?

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...