-TheWire.in The bill to repeal the farm laws and the cryptocurrency regulation bill are among those not placed in the public domain at all. New Delhi: By not having arranged for any pre-legislative consultation on the bill to repeal the farm laws, along with 16 others that are tentatively scheduled to be taken up in the upcoming winter session of the parliament, the Narendra Modi government has once again shown that it...

-The Hindu How many bills have been tabled without prior discussions? What needs to be done to improve public consultation in policymaking? The story so far: The Union Government has listed 29 Bills (26 new and THRee pending) to be tabled in the winter session of Parliament. In 2014, the Pre-Legislative Consultation Policy was adopted, mandating a host of rules, including that whenever the Government makes any law, it must place a...

-Newsclick.in Answers to all the questions you are likely to have about the Minimum Support Price and the controversy surrounding it. Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s hope that his promise to repeal the THRee new farm laws will have the protesting farmers to promptly fold their tents and leave Delhi has been belied. The farmer unions have instead declared that they are not going to call off their one-year stir until the Union...

-Newslaundry.com Doing so is not being partisan, it’s the role of the media to document for future generations. In his usual dramatic style, prime minister Narendra Modi pulled another rabbit from his topi on November 19. After a year of ignoring the thousands of farmers protesting at the gates of the national capital, demanding the repeal of the THRee farm laws rammed THRough parliament by his government, after dismissing their agitation as nothing...

-The Hindu Sri Lanka’s decision to ban imports on chemical fertilizers was not backed by scientific evidence There is consensus in the scientific community that organic agriculture could reduce crop yield. Quoting THRee global meta-data analysis, Meemkem and Qaim (2018) pointed out that on average, the yield reduction in organic agricultural systems could be 19-25%, depending on the crop and agro-climatic region. To switch to 100% organic agriculture, a country must have...