-The Hindu Investment and policy reform are needed on priority to help farmers cope with climate change Over the last decade, many of Bundelkhand’s villages have faced significant depopulation. Famous of late for farmer protests, the region, which occupies parts of Uttar Pradesh and Madhya Pradesh, has been adversely impacted by climate change. It was once blessed with over 800-900 mm rainfall annually, but over the last seven years, it has seen...
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Will PM-Kisan transform India's agriculture support ecosystem? -Sayantan Bera
-Livemint.com The farm Income Support scheme was launched after NDA’s other flagship schemes failed to tackle rural distress The scheme promises to pay Rs. 6,000 every year to each of the 120 million farmer families in India NEW DELHI: The Narendra Modi-led Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) government at the centre announced a scheme for farmers in the interim budget presented on 1 February, with just a few months to go for the...
More »PM-Kisan sop amid election won't breach code, feels govt -Vishwa Mohan
-The Times of India NEW DELHI: After rolling out the Centre’s flagship ‘assured Income Support’ scheme for farmers on Sunday, the Modi government is now looking at the prospect of disbursing the second instalment of Rs 2,000 each to eligible small and marginal farmers in April-May even as the election is on. If the government goes ahead, many of the beneficiaries may get total Rs 4,000 in next two months - first...
More »Will the PM Kisan Scheme Impress India's Farmers? -Varun Kumar Das
-TheWire.in The scheme is far from being inclusive and will likely exacerbate already unequal social and economic conditions. The focal point of this year’s budget has been the announcement of a new centrally-sponsored scheme, the ‘Pradhan Mantri Kishan Samman Nidhi’ (PM-KISAN). This scheme assures small and marginal farm households a guaranteed annual Income Support of Rs 6,000. However, this scheme is hardly the first instance of agricultural Income Support in the country. States...
More »A drop in an ocean of debt: how farmers have benefited from Rythu Bandhu -Priscilla Jebaraj
-The Hindu The first transfer of money under the PM-KISAN scheme is scheduled for Sunday. Priscilla Jebaraj reports from villages in Warangal, Telangana on how farmers have benefited from Rythu Bandhu, the Income Support scheme seen as the inspiration behind PM-KISAN Early one morning in the second week of February this year, A. Kumaraswamy, 30, set out from his home in Devanoor village in Telangana’s Warangal district and walked towards his cotton...
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