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The writer is chair professor for agriculture at ICRIER. Views are personal
July 23, 2024 19:38 IST
In prioritising welfare over research, budget fails to nurture farm sector
Wed, Jul 24, 2024July 08, 2024 07:22 IST
Trust is the foundation of any relationship. If agriculture in the country has to be put on a fast and sustainable track, the first order of business for Chouhan must be to attempt to converge on some important reforms in the agri-sector.
Sun, Jul 14, 2024June 24, 2024 08:15 IST
He will need to recognise farming is not just food production and deal with challenge of climate change.
Mon, Jun 24, 2024June 10, 2024 07:30 IST
It must bring far-reaching changes in agriculture, increase farm incomes, fine-tune priorities.
Mon, Jun 10, 2024May 27, 2024 08:00 IST
First, instead of a sudden drop to zero import duty, it could have been more calibrated. Second, it must ensure that landed price is not below MSP of major pulses. Third, if domestic prices go below MSP, NAFED should undertake large scale procurement at MSP to build buffer stocks.
Mon, May 27, 2024May 13, 2024 08:10 IST
The current government policy has a consumer bias — it discriminates against the farmer. This needs to change if we want to augment farmers’ incomes
Wed, May 15, 2024April 29, 2024 07:02 IST
It is time to make food systems climate resilient, arrest groundwater depletion, reduce GHG emissions, and reward biodiversity.
Mon, Apr 29, 2024April 15, 2024 07:45 IST
Next government must focus on raising productivity in agriculture, scaling up processing and retailing, and facilitating the adoption of new technologies
Mon, Apr 15, 2024April 01, 2024 08:00 IST
With agriculture on a weak wicket, government needs to think of policies and institutions to enable farmers to access domestic and global markets
Mon, Apr 01, 2024March 18, 2024 08:15 IST
If farmers’ incomes are to be augmented substantially, Punjab and Haryana have plenty of lessons to learn from states that have already moved into high-value agriculture
Mon, Mar 18, 2024March 04, 2024 07:55 IST
It would mean eliminating the urban consumer bias that always wants lower and lower prices, often at the cost of farmers. This mindset in policy making must change
Mon, Mar 04, 2024February 19, 2024 07:44 IST
The first necessary policy action is to remove all bans on agri-exports, stocking limits on private trade, and stop unloading wheat and rice in the open market at below the economic cost of the Food Corporation of India. These are all anti-farmer policies
Mon, Feb 19, 2024February 05, 2024 07:45 IST
Combining MGNREGA with PM Awas Yojana could ensure every household a reasonably good shelter
Mon, Feb 05, 2024February 02, 2024 07:07 IST
Allocation for agriculture hasn't gone up, subsidies haven't been rationalised. One only hopes that the July budget will have major announcements for farmers and make agriculture vibrant and sustainable
Fri, Feb 02, 2024January 22, 2024 07:35 IST
The litmus test of employment hinges on real wage rates, and we have seen from the government data that in rural areas, real wages have had negative growth in the last five years of the Modi-2 period. This needs urgent attention and further research to create more employment-intensive growth processes
Mon, Jan 22, 2024January 08, 2024 07:20 IST
That multidimensional poverty has declined is good news. But income poverty, which has remained defiantly high for the last five years, must be fixed
Mon, Jan 08, 2024December 25, 2023 08:00 IST
If it stays the course, keeping an eye on growth with contained inflation, focusing more on investments and innovations than doles, this vision can materialise by 2047
Mon, Dec 25, 2023December 11, 2023 07:35 IST
This is a lesson for other states as well as for policymakers at the Centre to keep agriculture on high priority
Mon, Dec 11, 2023November 27, 2023 07:19 IST
Can the EC or SC form taxpayers’ committees in poll-bound states to evaluate how many of the promises made by major political parties are rational welfare measures, and how many are simply ‘bribes for votes’ to educate the electorate? Ultimately, it is taxpayers’ money
Fri, Dec 01, 2023November 11, 2023 07:07 IST
Delhi’s pollution will also have to be tackled by replacing modes of transport, from fossil-fuel-based vehicles to electric vehicles, or at least 20 per cent ethanol blending in all Delhi’s petrol pumps
Sat, Nov 11, 2023October 30, 2023 07:47 IST
There is no dearth of money being spent on agriculture or consumers to have food security. But the manner in which that money is spent is suboptimal. Our policy makers, in competitive populism mode, feel that they can come back to power through such doles
Mon, Oct 30, 2023October 16, 2023 04:50 IST
It will require rewarding farmers to switch from irrigation-heavy crops like paddy and sugarcane to less water-intensive crops like millets, pulses and oilseeds
Mon, Oct 16, 2023October 03, 2023 04:50 IST
Better technology and policies must be deployed to ensure farmers get their due. Abrupt export bans or stocking limits are not the best way forward
Tue, Oct 03, 2023September 29, 2023 07:07 IST
Challenge today is to continue Swaminathan's legacy, improve farmers' profitability during times of climate change
Fri, Sep 29, 2023September 18, 2023 05:20 IST
With Africa’s inclusion in G20, the challenges posed by rapid population growth, persistent poverty, and widespread undernourishment become more serious. Initiating a comparative analysis could foster South-South learning
Mon, Sep 18, 2023