-The Hindu Business Line Opening farm sector for global trade will give Farmers a bigger market: S Narayan Farm sector distress is expected to worsen, cautioned S Narayan, who was the Economic Adviser to former Prime Minister Atal Bihari Vajpayee. No remunerative prices Speaking on ‘Economy in Election Year’, organised by the Chennai chapter of the Observers Research Foundation, Narayan said the underlying problem is one of abundance of production and Farmers not getting...
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India's Cow Crisis Part 1: Nepal bears the brunt of India's cow vigilantism -Jitendra
-Down to Earth Hounded by cow vigilantes and trade restrictions, Farmers in Uttar Pradesh's border areas abandon their unproductive cattle in Nepalese villages creating havoc there Residents of Semri village in Uttar Pradesh's Sitapur district drew a plan for "invasion" on April 2, 2018. They called a meeting of Farmers and agriculture labourers to take a call on the stray cattle menace. With the state closing down illegal slaughter houses in...
More »As cattle market collapses, stray cows raid UP farms -Omar Rashid
-The Hindu With no money to feed them, Farmers abandon animals It could take Vijay Rawat a week’s labour to build a temporary fence of Babool tree branches and twigs around his 2.5 bigha field. The thorny plants make the process arduous; he has already suffered cuts and scratches. But if he wants to protect his valuable crops, there is little choice. He cannot afford a wire fence. For Farmers like Vijay Rawat...
More »Doubling Farmers' income: Dalwai committee empowered to oversee implementation
-Financial Express The government has asked the Ashok Dalwai committee to oversee the implementation of its recommendations so that the promise of doubling Farmers’ income is achieved by 2022. The committee on doubling Farmers’ income (DFI), headed by Ashok Dalwai, the CEO of Rainfed Area Authority, will act as an ‘empowered body’ to coordinate with different ministries as well as among various departments within the agriculture ministry, officials said. The empowered group will...
More »Farm loan waivers can derail India's growth story -Ramesh Chand
-Hindustan Times Loan waiver provides strong disincentive for those who repaid loan on time and perverse incentive for default. But the most serious effect of the waiver is potential risk of fiscal slippage . India’s agricultural economy witnessed significant changes during the post reforms period, many of which were positive, but some were negative. Income of Farmers could not keep pace with their aspirations and fast growth in the income of non-farm...
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