-Press Release by Right to Food Campaign The Right to Food Campaign demands justice for pregnant women and their infants. For more than four years, all Indian women except those working in government/public sector undertakings have been entitled by law to a maternity benefit of at least Rs. 6000, guaranteed under the National Food Security Act (NFSA, 2013). Yet, the government of India not only has failed to deliver this entitlement...
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Tracing the economic roots of discontent among farmers -Roshan Kishore
-Hindustan Times Farmers have experienced a growing mismatch between their production efforts and incomes under the Narendra Modi government. The coming union budget will have to find a balance between two contradictory FDs: farm-distress and fiscal discipline. The choice is not going to be an easy one. Ignoring farm-distress in the last full-fledged budget before elections could be politically suicidal. Meanwhile, there are at least two things that could make the government slip...
More »Budget 2018: Eyes on Arun Jaitley's announcements for rural sector -Sanjeeb Mukherjee
-Business Standard The Budget allocation for Ministry of Agriculture and allied activities has grown by 114% since 2010-11 As Finance Minister Arun Jaitley gets down to deliver his fifth annual Budget for the 2018-19 financial year, all eyes will be on his announcements for the rural sector which is going through a downturn in the last few years. Two consecutive droughts along with a sharp fall in incomes have turned agriculture unprofitable...
More »Eco Survey 2018: FY19 GDP growth seen at 7-7.5% Surabhi
-The Hindu Business Line The Survey has said that India can be rated as among the best performing economies in the world The Economic Survey 2018 has pegged FY19 GDP growth at 7-7.5%. The Finance Minister Arun Jaitley on Monday tabled the Economic Survey 2017-18 in the lower house. The Survey has said that India can be rated as among the best performing economies in the world as the average growth during...
More »From Plate to Plough: How to help the farmer -Ashok Gulati & Siraj Hussain
-The Indian Express Price deficiency payment schemes in Madhya Pradesh and Haryana do not cover farmers’ losses. Telangana’s input support scheme deserves nation-wide emulation. Farm distress is likely to be one of the major focal points of the upcoming Union Budget. Agri-GDP growth has fallen to around 2 per cent per annum in the FIRst four years of the Modi government; the real incomes of farmers have fallen as well. The growth...
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