Farm loan waivers can derail India’s growth story
By Ramesh Chand Loan waiver provides strong disincentive for those who repaid loan on time and perverse incentive for default. But the most serious effect of […]
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Israeli tech can assuage India’s worst water crisis
By Sandipan Dasgupta In June 2018, NITI Aayog, the policy think-tank arm of Government of India, published a report titled, “Composite Water Management Index” on […]
In India’s Breadbasket, Mounting Debts Are Driving Farmers to Daily Wage Labour
By Prasanna Mohanty Very little attention is paid to marginal and small farmers who constitute a substantial chunk of the population in relatively prosperous states like […]
Agriculture R&D spend: A reality check
By BHUWAN BHASKAR To fulfil its objective of doubling farm incomes by 2022, the govt must hike R&D spend and facilitate private investments The Indian economy […]
Govt draws up ₹ 1,500 crore plan to boost agri exports
By Asit Ranjan Mishra The ₹ 1,500 crore plan to boost agri exports is part of the government’s initiative to curb India mounting current account deficit […]
India needs both price and income support for farmers
By Soumya Kanti Ghosh & Debashis Padhi The concerns about the downsides of these schemes are overblown, and they could go some way in alleviating rural woes Since […]
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. […]
Farming in India unprofitable for nearly 2 decades
By Zia Haq Agriculture in India suffers negative total revenues, implying that assets going out of the sector are more than those flowing in. Farming, therefore, […]
Further liberalization can help double rural income faster in India: Rajiv Ranjan Singh
Even as the government is making efforts to double rural income in the country by 2022, there is a need for further liberalization to attract […]
Income of farm households higher than non-farm homes, says NABARD survey
By Shubhangi Khapre The survey mapped other aspects like debt, saving, investment, insurance, pension and financial aptitude and behaviour of individuals apart from annual income. Mumbai: The […]