-The Hindu Agriculture Ministry officials say no timeline reached to amend the ordinance on stubble burning. Despite reaching an agreement on exempting farmers from the penal provisions of stubble burning under an ordinance on air quality in the capital, the Centre does not plan to take action until all other issues with protesting farmers groups are also resolved. Asked about the timeline to amend the ordinance, Agriculture Ministry officials noted that only...
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An examination of the pitfalls of the open-ended grain procurement system -Sanjeeb Mukherjee
-Business Standard While the agitating farmers are clamouring for its continuation, the mechanism is a drain on govt resources, with the Centre buying far in excess of what it needs for distribution under PDS As thousands of farmers brave the winter chill to agitate against the three farm acts, a dominant fear for most of them is the impact that dismantling of the Minimum Support Price (MSP)-based mechanism will have on their...
More »Health data shows India doesn’t need a two-child policy: experts -Jagriti Chandra
-The Hindu Use of contraceptives on the rise, rural-urban gap narrowing, finds analysis of NFHS-5 The latest data from the National Family Health Survey-5 (NFHS-5) provides evidence of an uptake in the use of modern contraceptives in rural and urban areas, an improvement in family planning demands being met, and a decline in the average number of children borne by a woman, and prove that the country’s population is stabilising and fears...
More »Delhi cold intensifies but protesting farmers undeterred
-PTI/ The Hindu The city recorded its coldest morning this season, with the mercury dipping to 3.4°C. Thousands of farmers protesting at Delhi borders against the Centre's new agricultural laws remained firm in their demands of repealing the legislations, even as the city recorded its coldest morning this season, with the mercury dipping to 3.4°C on Sunday. According to the India Meteorological Department, a cold wave swept Delhi on Sunday. The Safdarjung Observatory, which...
More »India's Farm Protests: A Basic Guide to the Issues at Stake -Kabir Agarwal
-TheWire.in While the protests have been triggered by the passing of the three new farm laws, the farmers’ demands are not restricted to them. The Wire explains the concerns. Farmers who have been protesting at the borders of Delhi for the last two weeks – and in their states for almost three months now – rejected proposals by the Central government to amend the controversial new farm laws. They argued that the...
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