-The Times of India New Delhi: Aiming to motivate farmers to grow more pulses, the government on Wednesday hiked the minimum support price (MSP) of arhar, urad and moong by up to Rs 425 per quintal for the kharif season starting September. It also announced bonus on oilseeds while making a modest increase of Rs 60 in paddy MSP to Rs 1,470 per quintal. Both agriculture minister Radha Mohan Singh and consumer...
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Second thoughts on the market model -Pritam Singh
-The Tribune A confession by IMF economists in the flagship magazine stating that the kind of growth promoted by neoliberalism promotes inequality has created a buzz. Once in a while, something unexpected happens so stunningly that one finds it unbelievable in the first instance. A group of three economists in IMF's research department has written a joint paper criticising some key aspects of IMF's creed of neo-liberalism. It appears as unbelievable as...
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-The Times of India New Delhi: Amid predictions of good monsoon rainfall, Union agriculture minister Radha Mohan Singh on Tuesday said the country would definitely see higher foodgrain production during 2016-17 even as he made it clear that there is no plan to tax agricultural income. While giving his reassurance, he said the Centre will probe if there was any anomaly in the system with regard to undeclared incomes. He said he...
More »Cotton-growers asked to shift to paddy -Vikas Vasudeva
-The Hindu After the extensive crop damage caused by the whitefly pest attack last year, cotton farmers in Haryana and Punjab have brought down the area under cotton this season. They are likely to shift to paddy and pulses. In Haryana, farmers have planted cotton on 4.76 lakh hectares so far, against nearly 5 lakh hectares during the same period last year. In Punjab, the area under cotton is 2.57 lakh hectares,...
More »Anganwadi and Mid-day meal: Centre asks MP to consider including boiled eggs in menu -Milind Ghatwai
-The Indian Express Nearly three months after receiving the letter, the state is yet to take a call on the issue. Bhopal: Despite CM Shivraj Singh Chouhan’s known opposition to eggs, the Centre has written to Madhya Pradesh government to consider including boiled eggs in anganwadi meals and mid-day meal scheme to fight malnutrition. “Boiled eggs can be hygienic and a cheap source of protein required for children, expectant/ pregnant women and nursing...
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