-The Indian Express Swabhimani Shetkari Sanghatana, a farmer’s body led by MP Raju Shetti, has said it will go ahead with the plan to stop milk supply to Mumbai and Pune from July 16. Pune: A day after the cabinet minister for dairy development, animal husbandry and fisheries, Mahadev Jankar, declared export subsidy for skimmed milk powder to improve the procurement price of milk, farmers’ unions have criticised the move. Swabhimani...

-The Hindu Business Line Direct bank transfers plug leakages in food distribution, ensure better nutritional security New Delhi: Irrespective of teething problems encountered in places where it was launched as pilot, direct cash transfers are far more effective than food subsidy in reducing food insecurity and nutritional imbalances among the Indian population, a new report has shown. Currently, India spends ?1,45,400 crore — about 1.3 per cent of its GDP — to give...

-The Hindu Business Line In view of the distortions arising out of excessive price support, direct income transfers to farmers is a better option The domestic debate has tended to conclude that the rise in MSP announced in the Budget is an essential part of achieving the government’s objective of doubling farm incomes. But MSP stands for minimum support prices and is an instrument designed for reducing income volatility, not for raising...

-The Indian Express Only 21 per cent of India’s milk production gets processed through the organised sector and the rest passes through unorganised small players. And that’s where the crisis is most intense. Farmers, who had high expectations from the Narendra Modi government, are a disillusioned lot today. Market prices of several crops have remained well below their minimum support prices (MSPs). Moreover, milk prices have fallen by 20 per cent...

-The Hindu Farmers have been staging protests as domestic prices are falling on the back of a glut last year and an expected good harvest following a good monsoon New Delhi: The Union government has allotted quotas for import of pulses and is enforcing an additional import agreement with Mozambique at a time when domestic stocks are at their highest, domestic production is expected to be high and prices are crashing. Farmers...