Indo-Israeli relations: Moving into the next higher orbit
By Rahul Nayak New Delhi : The Republic of India and the State of Israel enjoy an extensive economic, military and strategic relationship. India is the largest buyer of Israeli […]
Agriculture
Modi’s war on black money incomplete without taxing farm income
By Amit Kapoor New Delhi : Taxing agricultural income has always been a politically sensitive topic. This was evident last week after NITI Aayog member Bibek […]
Government planning ‘one nation, one market’ in agriculture sector
By Sayantan Bera New Delhi: The National Democratic Alliance (NDA) government is working on creating a common agricultural market that will improve the lot of farmers […]
Can we truly reap the benefits of traditional farming practices?
By Priyanka Verma New Tehri : It is the 17th year of the 21st century, and we might feel that a technologically advanced world as ours […]
Farm suicides get attention of Supreme Court
By Krishnadas Rajagopal New Delhi : A study conducted across 13 States by the Union Agriculture Ministry throws up the all-too-familiar reasons that drive farmers to […]
Did you know organic farming and millets help restore soil ecosystem?
By Tarun Mittal With climate change wreaking havoc on agricultural land through increased temperature and water shortage, and the chemicals used in conventional farming practices […]
Ahead of Modi’s visit, India and Israel can learn a lot from each other
By TRIDIVESH SINGH MAINI New Delhi : 2017 marks the 25th year of diplomatic relations between India and Israel. PM Narendra Modi, who is likely […]
Income Tax: Only 0.39% farmers in India eligible to pay income tax even if asked
By Shubhashish New Delhi : Niti Aayog member Bibek Debroy cooked up a storm earlier this week when he said that agriculture in India should […]
To stop youth turning away from farming, ARYA sows the seeds of agrarian change
By K V KURMANATH HYDERABAD: One of the major challenges that confronts agriculture in India today is that the children of farmers, by and large, are […]
India expects farm output growth to remain stable at 4% in 2017-18 crop year
BY MADHVI SALLY NEW DELHI: India expects its farm output growth to remain stable at 4% in the 2017-18 crop year, penciling in normal rains […]