How Modern Entrepreneurs can Manage Debt in the Agricultural Sector
By Ruchit Garg Big gap remains in bringing small farmers to the banking sector, and how to give financial institutions the comfort of lending without […]
MINIMUM SUPPORT PRICE
Here’s Why Farmers Across India Have Been – and Are Still – Protesting
By Kabir Agarwal Farmers are asking for a higher minimum support price, something that the government claims to have already provided. But how it is being […]
AGENDA FOR FARM REVIVAL
By VK Bahuguna That the Government has announced schemes for the agricultural sector is welcome. But it must ensure farmers’ interests are not sacrificed at the […]
How India lost its historic agriculture recovery growth phase in just four years
By Richard Mahapatra  Government reports say 2004-14 had the highest agriculture growth that has fast slipped back to near-zero growth despite normal monsoons and bumper yields […]
India’s food subsidy programme, future of farmers hang in the balance
By Ishan Kukreti  At the upcoming WTO meet, India has to negotiate a better deal to ease restrictions on giving food subsidies When the World Trade […]
Govt raises wheat MSP by Rs110 to Rs1,735 per quintal
By Sayantan Bera The government has increased minimum support price (MSP) of wheat and pulses to help boost their output New Delhi: The centre on Tuesday raised […]
The viability crisis in Indian agriculture
By CP CHANDRASEKHAR and JAYATI GHOSH The dilution of government intervention in the form of minimum support prices, procurement and public distribution is undermining agricultural […]
Retrench India’s farm economy to sustain it
Our agriculture policy needs to focus on improving productivity instead of price support Here is a cautionary tale. In 2007-08, Madhya Pradesh’s Shivraj Singh Chouhan […]