-The Hindu Punjab needs a sober, well-thought-out strategy to deal with drug abuse During the campaign for the Punjab Assembly elections last year, Amarinder Singh, then the Congress’s chief ministerial candidate, had pledged to eradicate the State’s drug problem within four weeks of coming to power. Given the complexity of the issue, hardly anyone took his pledge seriously but it did convey his concern. After coming to power, Capt. Singh took little...
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Modi Government's 'Historic' MSP Hike Is Nothing More Than a Band-Aid for Farmers -Ishan Anand
-TheWire.in Not only has year-on-year MSP growth Been much higher in previous years, the government still remains silent on how it will manage to increase procurement. The Narendra Modi government recently approved the decision to hike the minimum support price (MSP) for the kharif marketing season for 2018-19. The MSP for paddy has Been increased by Rs 200 per quintal, and the MSP has gone up for other crops too. The minister of...
More »New MSP: Govt fails to meet Swaminathan standards, yet again -Banjot Kaur
-Down to Earth While the Modi cabinet claims that land rent is included, calculations suggest otherwise The Narendra Modi cabinet made a big ticket announcement of increasing the minimum support price (MSP) of 14 kharif crops on Wednesday (July 4). Farmer agitations all across the country in the past few months have Been focused on demanding that MSP be increased so it is at par with 1.5 times the cost of...
More »Fact Check: Has the BJP Really Fulfilled Its MSP Promise as It Claims? -Kabir Agarwal
-TheWire.in While the government has claimed that it has fulfilled its promise of MSP at cost plus 50%, the claim is misleading. The MSPs fall short of offering returns at 50% over comprehensive cost of production, as the BJP had promised prior to 2014. New Delhi: On July 4, the Narendra Modi-led government at the Centre announced the Minimum Support Prices (MSP) for the 2018-19 kharif season. In a tweet, Narendra Modi...
More »1,092 farmers commit suicides in Maharashtra in 5 months -Priyanka Kakodkar
-The Times of India MUMBAI: Maharashtra has recorded 1,092 farmer suicides till the end of May this year according to official data. This is lower by only 72 cases compared to 2017 despite a loan waiver being declared in the state a year ago. While there has Been a marginal dip in the total cases, the arid and deprived Marathwada region has seen a rise in these five months. It has recorded...
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