Tag: CACP
Congress manifesto promises legal guarantee to MSP
To fulfil a long-pending demand of farmers across the country, Congress has pledged...
Need to promote industrial use of agriculture: CACP chief
Agricultural Costs and Prices Commission (CACP) Chairman Prof. Vijay Pal Sharma...
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...
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...
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....
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,...
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....
CACP bats for sustainability of Indian sugar sector
The CACP is mulling over measures for the urgent diversification and sustainability...
India adversely impacted by a flawed and discriminatory subsidies’ regime
On December 14, a WTO dispute settlement panel concluded in its report that India...
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...
FRP of Rs 290 per quintal approved for sugarcane
The Government has approved the FRP of sugarcane payable by sugar mills for the...
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,...
Obituary: Dr Tajamul Haque: A Great Champion of Poor and Downtrodden
Dr Haque was among very few professionals, who was equally popular among students,...
