The perpetual disregard for allocating funds for human resources both at the national and state level has extracted a heavy...
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To improve farm livelihoods, a slew of measures is required in Budget 2019

A new India for farmers
After half a century, India is under a major locust attack from breeding grounds in Balochistan, Pakistan. Other international tidings...

The Danger Of Silver Bullets
Farmers were sold a dream in 2014 that everything was going to change. But now they have compelling reasons to...

Why farmers disbelieve – Losses to farmers are far more than can be addressed by Budget 2019
In less than a hundred days from now, the country will be deciding the fate of Prime Minister Narendra Modi....

Constituency Of Farmers
Assembly election results show that deceiving farmers comes with a price Frustration on the farms has reached an inflexion point....

For The Farmer’s Future
It is important to evaluate the consequences of the Centre’s agriculture policy. With elections around the corner, it’s too late...

The MSP Illusion – Raising procurement prices of kharif crops will only give false hope to farmers.
Has the winter of farmers’ discontent turned into a glorious summer by the significant hike in minimum support price (MSP)...

Dealing with the residue
Given that crop residue burning has an environmental footprint and poses health hazards, one needs to be cautious while evaluating...

Union Budget 2018: A Step Forward
All happy families are alike; each unhappy family is unhappy in its own way”. In Anna Karenina, only if a...