-TheWire.in According to the data, in most states there is a worsening in nutrition indicators such as childhood stunting, wasting and underweight. Partial results from the National Family Health Survey round 5 (NFHS-5) released last week draw attention to the crisis of malnutrition in the country. The factsheets that are available pertain to 17 states and five Union Territories – put together they roughly account for half of India’s population. Although there are...

-The Hindu The protesting farMers need sincerity and accountability from the Centre, not edification In light of protests against the new farm laws, the Centre has attempted to educate farMers — a form of instrumental reasoning based on exchange of superior information and data — to convince them of the Merits of its reform agenda. Since it is presumed that complex matters of economic policy are beyond the intellectual capacities of agrarians,...

-The Indian Express The state has posted high growth rates in the agricultural sector in recent years, but the growth has been skewed in favour of the state's irrigated parts and a small number of crops. Madhya Pradesh is primarily an agricultural state. One third of its gross state domestic product comes from this sector, half of the state’s area is used for cultivation, and 70 per cent of the total workers...

-PTI/ The Hindu The city recorded its coldest morning this season, with the Mercury dipping to 3.4°C. Thousands of farMers protesting at Delhi borders against the Centre's new agricultural laws remained firm in their demands of repealing the legislations, even as the city recorded its coldest morning this season, with the Mercury dipping to 3.4°C on Sunday. According to the India Meteorological Department, a cold wave swept Delhi on Sunday. The Safdarjung Observatory, which...

-Newsclick.in FarMers fear they will have to engage with big traders and agribusinesses on an unequal playing field where these giant corporations will be dictating the terms of engagement. Approved by the government of India in 1988, the Pepsi project was launched to initiate a second agricultural revolution in Punjab. The effects of the first agricultural revolution had faded. Yields of major crops were low. A joint venture among PepsiCo, Voltas and...