-The Times of India BHOPAL: Farmers in Rewa district, who paid insurance premium for their crops, are running from pillar to post after suffering damages because there is no provision of seeking claim against loss on account of drought. "I paid Rs. 2,667 to Agriculture Insurance Company of India Limited against crop insurance on July 9. I went for soybean cultivation on majority of the four hectares of Land with some parts...

-The Indian Express But they can’t make up their minds whether to farm, sell or give up their Land to industry. Kolkata: Days after the Supreme Court judgment striking down the acquisition of Land for Tata Motors’ car factory in Singur, the government is trying to prepare 997-acre plot for return to its original owners. But with the Land’s agricultural potential still under a question mark, Agriculture Minister Purnendu Bose said...

-The New Indian Express KOCHI: Keeping its promise to promote organic farming and paddy cultivation in the State, the Agriculture Department has initiated steps to carry out upLand paddy cultivation in 2,560 hectares in the 2016-17 fiscal year. According to officials, more than one lakh hectares of cultivable Land is lying barren in the State. “Currently, we are importing vegetables and rice from the other states to meet our demand, at a...

-The Telegraph New Delhi: Tens of thousands of people who relocated from riot-torn areas of Muzaffarnagar to areas with minority concentration find themselves out of the government's grid even three years after the violence forced them to flee their homes. This is the main finding of a survey conducted by NGOs Aman Biradari and Afkar India of the 65 colonies that have come up in Muzaffarnagar and Shamli to house the 30,000...

-The Hindu The pursuit of full employment of labour cannot primarily rely on domestic private investment, much less FDI. Only public investment will steady us in the long run. We are increasingly told that the inflow of capital — particularly the foreign direct investment (FDI) variety — increases employment levels and contributes to economic growth. In a rare interview given to The Wall Street Journal in May, Prime Minister Narendra Modi reinforced...