-The Hindu A study at the Ludhiana-based Punjab Agricultural University to track the impact of Farmer Producer Organisations (FPO) on the income and employment of Farmers in Punjab during 2019-20, has revealed that incomes increased after Farmers joined the FPOs and the impact was greater among small, marginal and semi-medium Farmers. Chandigarh: The study, titled “Economic Impact of Farmer Producer Organisations on Punjab Peasantry”, asserts that overall, the while permanent labour employment...
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What trade freedom did to Bihar’s Farmers -Sayantan Bera
-Livemint.com * In 2006, Bihar abolished state-run mandis. What followed is a forewarning for India’s new farm laws * The system is rigged in favour of the traders who cheat on every possible parameter—from weight to moisture level—which is why very few Farmers come to Bihar’s mandis to sell produce ARARIA/ PURNEA: Biren Bahardar thinks he is too small to raise his voice. Local traders can fleece at will while purchasing his harvest....
More »To start direct payment of MSP to Farmers, FCI asks Punjab govt for land records
-The Indian Express The March 4 letter said that FCI, Zonal Office (N), Noida, has directed that land records are a must for wheat procurement in RMS 2021-22. Jalandhar: The Food Corporation of India’s (FCI) Punjab office on Thursday wrote to the director of food, civil supplies and consumer affairs seeking land records of Farmers so as to make direct online payment of Minimum Support Price (MSP) to their bank accounts from...
More »The double standards in support to Farmers stir -Rohit Parakh
-The Hindu Business Line Developed nations need to look at their own subsidies to Farmers, policies on GM crop and pesticide exports The ongoing Farmers’ protest has attracted a lot of global attention. So much so that the External Affairs Ministry even put out a rejoinder after some global celebrities tweeted in support of the protest. Some sections of the Indian diaspora, too, expressed their support which has attracted criticism back home. Agriculture...
More »Govt Land Barter Deal Dodges The Law, Benefits The Rich -Mridula Chari
-Article-14.com Instead of expensive, lawful compensation, about 10 states now offer Farmers, landowners a shiny barter deal: Hand over your land, get a smaller plot when the area is ‘developed’. In Punjab, we investigate how developers get cheap land and owners wait years. Mohali: In 2010, vegetable vendor Surjeet Singh handed over the nine-acre farm he and his family owned to the Punjab government’s Greater Mohali Area Development Authority, which hoped to...
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