-Business Standard Pending labour wages by the end of 2016-17 could be around Rs 3,000-4,000 crore For the second year running, the Centre is likely to approve a labour budget of around 2.2 billion person-days under the Mahatma Gandhi National Rural Employment Guarantee Act (MGNREGA). The labour budget, for 2017-18, could be enhanced as well, if more demand is generated owing to drought or insufficient rainfall in any part of the country, senior...
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Low prices leave turmeric farmers in distress -P Ram Mohan
-The Hindu Traders fix rates based on national online market NIZAMABAD (Telangana): The fall in turmeric price by over a half within a span of a month has left the farmers in distress. The joy of a bumper crop has been shortlived as the price, which varied between Rs. 8,200 and Rs. 7,500 per quintal a month ago now fell down between Rs. 4,000 and Rs. 5,000. The heavy variation in price is...
More »Neem works its magic on urea -Harish Damodaran
-The Indian Express PM Modi government’s mandatory coating policy brings down sale of fertilisers, despite record farm production Here’s an apparent contradiction: The Narendra Modi government claims that India’s foodgrain output will hit a record 271.98 million tonnes (mt) in 2016-17 — up from last year’s 251.57 mt — with production of rice, wheat, maize, pulses and even oilseeds estimated at all-time highs. Yet, fertiliser sales — considered a proxy for farm sector...
More »For consumers, milk could pinch further in the days ahead
-The Indian Express Maharashtra’s dairies are experiencing the lagged effect of two years of drought now Pune: Dairies in Maharashtra have been witness to an unusual phenomenon of late. The winter months are when milk production and procurement rises, peaking in January. But this time round, shortages have developed precisely in the ‘flush’ period from September to March, when more milk naturally flows from the udders of animals. “We could procure only...
More »What are the lessons learnt from the Right to Food case? -Apurva Vishwanath
-Livemint.com Lessons learnt from the Right to Food case can be applied for other social issues that end up at the Supreme Court’s doorstep every day New Delhi: In 2001, 47 tribals and Dalits were starved to death in south-eastern Rajasthan as the state reeled from its third consecutive year of drought. The tragedy occurred despite India’s warehouses were brimming with an excess of around 40 million tonnes of foodgrains that year. Weeks...
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