An economic debate that originated in the nineteenth century England and that appeals to students of economics even today is the debate over Corn Law (1815). On the eve of the Industrial Revolution in England, the efficacy of the Corn Law (1815) that banned the import of cheap food grains from...
This year, agriculture is expected to be better depending on the better than expected monsoon. It has been a great relief for the country which is grappling with the Covid-19 pandemic. Good agriculture stabilises food supply, maintains rural employment and ensures income generation. A section ...
Kharif sowing has been better this year owing to the good monsoon. It is being widely believed that a good monsoon (this year) can save the Indian economy - in the backdrop of the economic downturn following the Covid 19 pandemic. A well-performing agricultural sector means good employment gen...
A notable feature of the Indian economy in the Covid-19 period has been the good performance of agriculture. The growth rate agriculture and allied sectors achieved was 4% in FY 2019-20, a targeted rate of growth of agriculture to stabilise the Indian economy. This is considered to be sp...
The nationwide lockdown following the outbreak of the Covid-19 pandemic has shut down offices of the sprawling services sector in India and closed down factories halting urban economic activities. But crops standing across the vast fields of the country kept growing and farmers continued to nurture ...
According to the United Nations, about 1.2 billion people around the world are living under water scarcity and another 500 million are approaching that situation. More importantly, approximately 1.5 billion people will face an ‘absolute’ water scarcity by 2025. Due to changing climatic condition...
At the far end of the lawn in the Agri Horticultural Society of India’s (AHSI) premise in Alipore, Kolkata, the crowd seems to thicken. The inauguration of the organisation’s bicentenary celebration has just concluded and a young girl accompanying her mother to the event is heard pleading, “Mo...
The Agri Horticultural Society of India (AHSI) recently celebrated its bicentenary year by hosting the Bicentennial Flower Show and the World Regional Rose Convention 2020. Those present included Henrianne de Briey, President, World Federation of Rose Societies (WFRS). More than 300 delegates and ro...
The Pradhan Mantri Kisan Samman Nidhi Yojana (PM-Kisan) was announced by the then Union Minister of Finance, Piyush Goyal during the 2019 Interim Union Budget. The PM-Kisan scheme promises payment of Rs 6000 to each farmer family every year in three instalments. This scheme was meant to provid...
