-The Indian Express What needs to be ensured is that the recovery is not hamstrung by damaged household and SME balance sheets because of the extended loss of wages and incomes. This requires extensive income support now. Sometimes we miss the forest for the trees, and at other times the trees themselves become the story. That seems to be the case with India’s 3Q20 GDP PRInt. Some have exulted over headline growth PRInting...
More »SEARCH RESULT
Total Matching Records found : 24734
Convergence of agrarian discontent in South Asia -Ahilan Kadirgamar and Hashim bin Rashid
-The Hindu With protests becoming catalysts for anti-authoritarian struggle, the air is ripe for new visions of rural emancipation Those familiar with the systematic attack on agriculture in South Asia over the last decades will not be surPRIsed at the ongoing farmers’ protests in India. It could have been Pakistan, where farmers protesting for support PRIces were beaten up and arrested in Lahore only a month ago, or Sri Lanka, where shortages...
More »Criminal leaders rise during mining booms -Tauseef Shahidi
-Livemint.com A new study from India links the rise in mineral PRIces to the electoral success of politicians with violent crime records The mining sector in India has earned a bad name for itself due to its frequent links with corruption and crime. Bribes are often given away for licences and approvals, and whistleblowers risk violence. A new study has found that a boom in the mining sector can even be linked...
More »The roots of the agricultural crisis run deep -Himanshu
-The Hindu Declining agricultural incomes and flagging state support to agriculture are some of the key structural issues The standoff between farmers and the government continues even after a few rounds of discussion and more than a fortnight of protest at the Delhi border by the farmers. The latest proposal by the government indicates its willingness to amend the three agriculture-related Acts passed in September. On the contentious issues of registration of...
More »Paddy PRIces Have Crashed Below MSP in Many States -Subodh Varma
-Newsclick.in This is because the new farm laws have already paralysed mandis and traders are buying up paddy at lower PRIces. Even as farmer protests against the three new farm laws entered the 17th day, information available for mandis (wholesale markets) shows that a large proportion of this year’s paddy crop is being bought from farmers at much below the government declared Minimum Support PRIce (MSP). This could be attributed to the...
More »
