Depleting groundwater shrinks India’s agricultural lands: Government data
By Anuradha Shukla In 2017, nearly 40 lakh hectares of agricultural land was impacted because of water woes, resulting in a drop in the area under […]
Agriculture
Why workers & peasants are agitating
By Amitava Guha Land reforms and redistribution of land are a major measure that will not only provide a source of income and security for the […]
Solar: A Game Changer for India’s Agricultural Sector
Solar can save precious water resources, reduce grid dependency, and create revenue streams for farmers This article is the second part of a series how […]
Intellectual property and agriculture: The world’s only IP Act that recognises rights of breeders, farmers
By Kumble Vinod Prabhu & Rakesh Chandra Agrawal How the Vajpayee-led government in the late-1990s navigated through the WTO’s TRIPS agreement to craft a one-of-its-kind plant […]
Decoding India’s farm crisis and farmers’ woes
By Shashikant Sharma Parts of Delhi turned red on Wednesday as thousands of farmers, demanding loan waivers and increase in minimum wages, hit the streets in […]
Opinion | Why the RCEP trade deal could hit India’s agriculture, manufacturing sectors
By Biswajit Dhar India should ask for a reasonable phase-in period for tariff elimination before the proposed RCEP deal kicks in — this could be used […]
Government finalises liberal farm policy to boost agricultural exports
By Zia Haq Processed food items and organic produce would be totally deregulated and made freely exportable under the framework, an official said requesting anonymity. New […]
Growth at 8.2%, Yet All Is Not Well in India’s Unorganised Sector
By Arun Kumar The way we estimate growth in the unorganised sector should have changed after demonetisation, but it didn’t. The assumptions of the old methodology […]
India’s job challenge: Options aplenty but well-paying ones elude workforce
By Roshan Kishore The biggest reason for this is the employment-income mismatch in agriculture. While the share of agriculture in India’s GDP has been coming down, […]
The impact of agriculture commodities platforms on retail in India
By Preeti Vasudevan Traditionally, agricultural commodities’ markets have always illustrated high historical volatilities, and this affects the products we buy every day. From weather-related supply issues […]