-The Economic Times MUMBAI: The splotch of red ink on bank balance sheets is set to become bigger as a new scandal in the form of disappearing food stocks in Punjab godowns threatens to burn a Rs 12,000-crore hole in their books and embarrass the Parkash Singh Badal administration. The Reserve Bank of India (RBI) has ordered all banks with exposure to the Punjab government's food borrowing programme to provide for potential...
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PM launches e-NAM, calls it turning point for agri sector -Vishwa Mohan
-The Times of India NEW DELHI: The Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Thursday launched e-National Agriculrure Market (e-NAM), connecting 21 WHOlesale markets (Mandis) in eight states. He called the move a "turning point" for the country's agriculture sector that would allow the farmers to decide "when, where and at what price" they sell their produce. Terming it an empowering tool for farmers, the Prime Minister also emphasised why he wanted this e-platform...
More »3 Lakh Dead In 20 Years. Here's How World's Largest Democracy Failed Its Farmers! -Maninder Dabas
-IndiaTimes.com Since 1995, nearly three lakh farmers have committed suicide owing to agrarian crisis in the country. In Maharashtra alone nearly 60,000 farmers have ended their lives in last two decades. Last year itself, the western states recorded 3,228 farmer suicides with maximum cases coming from drought hit Marathwada and Vidharbha region. According to the census, nearly 2,000 farmers across India are giving up agriculture daily and opting for other menial jobs...
More »Rebooting India’s agricultural policy -Himanshu
-Livemint.com The efforts of the government in revamping the crop insurance and land titling schemes are long-term solutions which will take time to bear results The agricultural sector is facing its worst moment in the last three decades. The last time India saw such distress caused by back-to-back deficient rains was during the drought of 1986-87 and 1987-88. The severity of the situation is evident from the stories of migration and...
More »Farmers in 8 States can now sell select commodities online
-The Hindu New Delhi: Farmers in eight States including UP, Gujarat and Rajasthan, will be able to sell 25 commodities online in 21 WHOlesale mandis from Thursday – the new platform hopefully fetching them better prices for their produce. “We have received proposals from 12 States for integration of 365 WHOlesale mandis. Of these, 21 mandis from eight States have been selected for the pilot launch,” Agriculture Minister Radha Mohan Singh said...
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