6 reasons why India has failed to solve the riddle of agriculture marketing
By Kiran Pandey A parliamentary panel report recently submitted in the Lok Sabha has outlined the reasons Farmers’ protests have ruled the headlines consistently in the […]
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Resolving the farmer-consumer binary
By Ashok Gulati & Carmel Cahill Reforms to domestic market regulations and direct benefit transfers for vulnerable sections of the population could be the win-win solution. […]
To reform agriculture markets, need joint Centre-state oversight: Niti Aayog
By Zia Haq States control farm commodity markets since agriculture is a part of the state list. Changing this will require a constitutional amendment and could […]
e-NAM & the dream of ‘One Nation One Market’
The e-National Agriculture Market (e-NAM), touted as the ‘turning point’ of India’s Agriculture sector, was launched by PM Modi in April this year. The e-NAM […]
Government plans to take out contract farming provision from model APMC Act of 2003
The BJP-led NDA government is considering to take out the provisions of contract farming from the model APMC Act of 2003 while including all sources […]