-Foundation for Agrarian Studies blog The announcement on September 8, 2021 of the Minimum Support Price (MSP) for the upcoming Rabi Marketing Season (RMS) will be seen as adding insult to injury by thousands of protesting farmers who have sustained their agitation against the three anti-farmer Farm Acts for over a year. This is because the procurement prices offered are not merely grossly inadequate but also because the package comes dressed in...
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Modi’s charisma intact, but Jats of western Uttar Pradesh want more -Anuj Kumar
-The Hindu Amid religious polarisation, agrarian issues still resonate with the community ALIGARH/ HATHRAS: As the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) faces the Jat challenge in western Uttar Pradesh, the message from the ground in Aligarh and Hathras districts is mixed. While there are many who still swear by the ruling party for providing suraksha, bijli aur sadak (safety, electricity and roads), there are others who feel the party has let down a vote...
More »Adani in the Eye of the Storm as Himachal Apple Prices Crash -Vivek Gupta
-TheWire.in Apple growers feel that instead of incentivising big corporates, the state government should instead help farmers build cold storages. Chandigarh: The main argument of those rallying behind the Bharatiya Janata Party government’s controversial farm laws; that the free market economy will reward farmers, faces a major dent in the wake of the crashing Market price of the apple crop in Himachal Pradesh. The Rs 5,000 crore apple business in the hilly state,...
More »NSO survey: Most farmers selling in local markets, government agencies procure the least -Richard Mahapatra
-Down to Earth Farmers in general satisfied with return from local sale, but a significant percentage of them get lower than Market price The majority of Indian farmers sell their produce in local markets, the 77th round of the National Sample Survey by the National Statistical Office titled Land and livestock holdings of households and situation assessment of agricultural households has found. Government agencies and Agricultural Produce Market Committees account for an...
More »India has an edible oil problem, but palm oil won't fix it -Sayantan Bera
-Livemint.com * Amid soaring cooking oil prices, India has a new plan to grow oil palm locally. Is the solution worse than the problem? * India plans to add about 2.5 million tonnes of home grown crude palm oil by 2030. Its ₹11,000-cr national mission on oil palm focuses on north-east and Andaman and Nicobar Islands M V. Ramoji Rao is a seasoned dentist and a busy one too. It’s not easy to...
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