-TheWire.in With the Krushak Assistance for Livelihood and Income Augmentation scheme, Naveen Patnaik has likely scored an electoral point over the BJP and Congress. New Delhi: Odisha chief minister Naveen Patnaik – who is seeking a record fifth term in office – introduced a farming assistance scheme worth more than Rs 10,000 crore on December 21. Believed by many to be a measure to counter the larger political rhetoric around farm loan...
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Government eyeing quick fix for farm sector -Nistula Hebbar
-The Hindu Election jolt makes party look at ways to boost rural income; BJP chief commissions survey The defeat in the Assembly elections in Madhya Pradesh, Rajasthan and Chhattisgarh has made the government go back to the drawing board over the issue of rural distress, and some measures to bolster incomes in the countryside may be announced by the end of the winter session of Parliament. While the problems plaguing the agriculture sector...
More »Now, Odisha and Jharkhand governments announce sops for Farmers
-PTI NEW DELHI: The Odisha and the Jharkhand governments on Friday joined the list of states doling out sops for Farmers after the Congress scripted wins in three states riding on the promise of farm loan waiver. While Odisha chief minister Naveen Patnaik announced the Rs 10,000-crore scheme for the overall development of Farmers in the state, Jharkhand chief minister Raghubar Das declared the Rs 2,250-crore scheme to help 22.76 lakh medium...
More »Maharashtra announces Rs.150-cr relief to onion growers
-The Hindu Business Line Govt announces Rs. 2/kg subsidy to Farmers who were selling their produce at low prices Mumbai: In a relief to the distressed onion growers in Maharashtra, the Fadnavis government on Thursday decided to provide ?2 per kg subsidy on the bulbs sold from November 1 till December 15 in the State. About three lakh Farmers stand to gain up to Rs.40,000 from this decision by the State government. The money,...
More »The political economy of the persistent agrarian crisis -Himanshu
-Livemint.com Loan waivers and the promise to raise MSP cannot solve the problem The victory of Congress party in the recent assembly elections of Chhattisgarh, Madhya Pradesh and Rajasthan has brought the agrarian crisis in rural areas to the centre of political debate. While there are several factors in election victories, the severity of the agrarian unrest was surely a major factor. While there is consensus that the incumbent Bharatiya Janata Party...
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