-The Hindu At Ministerial Conference next month, will push back on ‘severe’ curbs on right to give PRIce subsidies At the upcoming meeting of the World Trade Organisation’s (WTO) highest decision-making body, India will not agree to severe restrictions on its right to give PRIce subsidies to farmers through the Minimum Support PRIce (MSP) to procure grains from them for food security purposes, according to highly-placed official sources. The WTO’s Ministerial Conference is...

-The Hindu Business Line PRIce double in key wholesale markets; Consumer Affairs Ministry suggests floor PRIce for exports New Delhi/Mumbai: To check spiralling PRIces of onions and ease supplies, the Centre has decided to import 2,000 tonnes of onions through the State-owned MMTC while two other agencies, Nafed and SFAC, will source 12,000 tonnes locally, Food and Consumer Affairs Minister Ram Vilas Paswan has said. A floor PRIce of $700 per tonne on...

-Down to Earth More than 180 farmer organisations from across the country proposed Bills related to debt waiver and fair crop PRIces in a mock parliament  On the second day of a protest organised by the All India Kisan Sangharsh Coordination Committee (AIKSCC), farmers from more than 180 farmer organisations across the country proposed a bill each on debt waiver and fair PRIces for crops. For two days, thousands of farmers had gathered...

-The Indian Express Union government must address structural issues in agricultural policy, allow states greater autonomy. Farmers from across the country are out on Delhi’s streets agitating just as the deliberations for the 2018 budget are beginning and it’s time to seek solutions to the structural issues that plague the system. The “one-size-fits-all” policy created for the farm sector is self-destructive in design and programmes meant to double farmer incomes are collapsing. The...

-Livemint.com BJP-led central government has raised import duties on a range of edible oils, ahead of the crucial Gujarat assembly elections New Delhi: Ahead of the crucial Gujarat assembly elections, the centre last week raised import duties on a range of edible oils, in a bid to support growers who are bearing losses due to plunging domestic PRIces. On 17 November, India, the largest importer of edible oils globally, raised import duties on...