-Business Standard India’s growth in agriculture and allied activities has struggled to reach the targeted four per cent average a year in the first three years of the 12th five-year Plan because of a host of factors. The below-average farm growth is widely expected to deepen the crisis in the farm sector. In an interview with Sanjeeb Mukherjee, newly-appointed member of NITI Aayog and eminent agriculture economist Ramesh Chand said over-reliance...
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From plate to plough: Losing the pulses -Ashok Gulati & Shweta Saini
-The Indian Express Government’s actions on the commodity reveals it is ignorant of how a market economy is run With each passing day this year, agriculture seems to be sagging and so is the Indian farmer. Deficit monsoon rains appear to be the trigger. Although rains offered some respite to Marathwada, the situation in India’s largest agri-state, Uttar Pradesh, has gone from bad to worse. Last year’s drought, with monsoon rains falling...
More »More arhar import to beat price rise
-The Times of India NEW DELHI: The government on Friday swung into action on the rising prices of major pulses, particularly arhar, and took a string of decisions to enhance supplies. Within hours after the Times of India report, the government decided to import another 5,000 tonnes of arhar to stem the prices which have been spiraling in the past few months. "At a high-level meeting held here today (Friday), the...
More »Onion prices threaten to cross Rs 100 a kg in Delhi as stockists make a killing -Dipak K Dash
-The Times of India NEW DELHI: Traders and stockists seem to be making a killing as onion prices have soared across the country in the past 2-3 weeks. The staple kitchen item was selling at around Rs 80 per kg in the market in Delhi, as a substantial jump in prices was reported from Delhi's wholesale mandis. Prices of pulses have also gone up considerably in the past three weeks. Now there...
More »Veggies are cheaper, tomato cheapest but onions as costly -BB Nayak
-The Times of India MUMBAI: A glut of fresh produce has brought down vegetable prices all over the city. Prices of lady's finger and beans dropped to Rs 40 a kg from Rs 60 while that of cabbage dipped to Rs 20 from Rs 30 in the retail market. The biggest drop is seen in the price of tomatoes, which now sell at Rs 18 a kg, down from last week's Rs...
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