Different government agencies have procured 132.08 lakh MT of wheat in Punjab. It is beyond the target set by the Punjab government. The state targeted the procurement of 130 lakh MT of wheat. The mode of payment was direct payment to the farmers. It is known that more than nine lakh farmers i...
The President of India gave assent to three Acts passed by the Indian Parliament on September 24, 2020. These Acts created upheaval among farmers in India and people are very much concerned about the fall out of these legislative measures. The APMC Reforms ActThe ‘Objects and Statementâ...
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...
