-The Hindu Government wrongly claims that one of the indicators is based on an opinion poll The government has yet again rejected the Global Hunger Index (GHI) 2022 which ranks India 107 among 121 countries and has called it “an erroneous measure of hunger” and an attempt to “taint” India’s image. It also wrongly claims that the ranks are based on an opinion poll. The Global Hunger Report 2022 found that India’s GHI...
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Farmer Suicides: What Field Data Shows and Union Government Data Shrouds -Harinder Happy and Shivam Mogha
-TheWire.in Data from the NCRB on farmers' suicides, when compared with data collected from the ground by the Punjab Agricultural University, shows a severe undercounting of the phenomenon in the country. While answering a question from MP Suresh Danorka about the determinants and distribution of farmers’ suicides, Agriculture minister Narendra Singh Tomar did not recognise the extensive study done by the Punjab Agricultural University, Ludhiana (PAU), sponsored by the government of Punjab. The...
More »Bihar agrarian crisis : Why crores in diesel subsidies may not be the answer -Zumbish
-Down to Earth Funds allocated in July for diesel subsidy haven't reached many farmers yet; irrigation projects needed, say locals The Agriculture department of the Bihar government has allocated Rs 100 crore in diesel subsidy October 14, 2022 to help distressed farmers get diesel subsidy. The plan announced in a public address by the newly appointed Agriculture minister of the state, Kumar Sarvajeet, is in line with the state’s action plan to help...
More »This govt mission is changing lives of 1.74 crore women through climate-resilient Agriculture -Amarjeet Sinha
-ThePrint.in Three-fourths of the full-time workers on Indian farms are women because men move to cities. Yet, there was little attention to uplifting them and their finances. There was a time when women’s work in Agriculture and animal husbandry was rarely counted. But according to the 2015-16 Agriculture Census, 11.72 per cent of the total operated area in the country was operated by female holders. Civil society assessments suggest that three-fourths of...
More »More bad news after inflation hits 5-month high: Wheat stocks at 6-yr low, ‘rice output to fall’ -Sayantan Bera
-ThePrint.in Wheat stocks are half of where they stood in October 2021. Public stocks of rice are nearly double stocking norm, but price outlook depends on actual harvest this season. New Delhi: Despite the unabated rise in food prices, which drove retail inflation to a five-month high of 7.41 per cent in September, there is limited legroom for the government to intervene in the market by selling public stocks to cool prices. Data...
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