Tag: CACP

ELECTIONS 2024
Congress manifesto promises legal guarantee to MSP

Congress manifesto promises legal guarantee to MSP

To fulfil a long-pending demand of farmers across the country, Congress has pledged...

National
Need to promote industrial use of agriculture: CACP chief

Need to promote industrial use of agriculture: CACP chief

Agricultural Costs and Prices Commission (CACP) Chairman Prof. Vijay Pal Sharma...

National
MSP can guarantee stable prices but not always the best: NITI Aayog member Prof. Ramesh Chand

MSP can guarantee stable prices but not always the best: NITI Aayog member Prof. Ramesh Chand

The MSP of crops can guarantee stable prices but not always the best. The latter...

States
Maharashtra sugarcane farmers demand share in ethanol earnings and increase in FRP

Maharashtra sugarcane farmers demand share in ethanol earnings and increase in FRP

Sugarcane farmers in Maharashtra have demanded a share in the earnings from ethanol...

National
Prof. Abhijit Sen, one of India’s foremost experts on agriculture and rural economy, is no more

Prof. Abhijit Sen, one of India’s foremost experts on agriculture and rural economy, is no more

Sen was a member of the Planning Commission from 2004 to 2014 during the UPA government....

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Committee on MSP and natural farming to hold its first meeting on Aug 22, discuss future strategies

Committee on MSP and natural farming to hold its first meeting on Aug 22, discuss future strategies

According to the notification issued by Shubha Thakur, Member Secretary of the committee,...

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Govt forms MSP committee with former Agriculture Secretary as Chairman; SKM less likely to join

Govt forms MSP committee with former Agriculture Secretary as Chairman; SKM less likely to join

Former Agriculture Secretary Sanjay Agrawal will be the Chairman of the committee....

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CACP bats for sustainability of Indian sugar sector

CACP bats for sustainability of Indian sugar sector

The CACP is mulling over measures for the urgent diversification and sustainability...

Opinion
India adversely impacted by a flawed and discriminatory subsidies’ regime

India adversely impacted by a flawed and discriminatory subsidies’ regime

On December 14, a WTO dispute settlement panel concluded in its report that India...

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Kisan Mahapanchayat at Muzaffarnagar attended by lakhs; farm leaders take on BJP

Kisan Mahapanchayat at Muzaffarnagar attended by lakhs; farm leaders take on BJP

A historic Kisan Mazdoor Mahapanchayat lakhs of farmers from all over the country...

National
FRP of Rs 290 per quintal approved for sugarcane

FRP of Rs 290 per quintal approved for sugarcane

The Government has approved the FRP of sugarcane payable by sugar mills for the...

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DR R S Paroda gives reasoning for fixing MSP at C2 cost plus 50 per cent

DR R S Paroda gives reasoning for fixing MSP at C2 cost plus 50 per cent

Dr. R.S. Paroda, former DG, Indian Council for Agricultural Research(ICAR) and Chairman,...

National
Obituary: Dr Tajamul Haque: A Great Champion of Poor and Downtrodden

Obituary: Dr Tajamul Haque: A Great Champion of Poor and Downtrodden

Dr Haque was among very few professionals, who was equally popular among students,...