-The Indian Express A smooth GST regime can break inter-state barriers on movement and facilitate direct linkages between processors and Farmers After more than a decade of intense discussion and debate, the GST is finally becoming a reality. Although in its current form, it is not as perfect as was originally envisaged, yet it is being lauded as one of the most transformational reforms since 1991. Finance Minister Arun Jaitley was humble...
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GDP flop-show: Manmohan Singh has the last laugh in war of words with Narendra Modi over note ban -Dinesh Unnikrishnan
-Firstpost.com If one purely compare the January-March quarter GDP growth of fiscal year 2017 and fiscal year 2016, former Prime Minister Manmohan Singh’s prediction that demonetisation will shave off 2 percentage points of India’s GDP has come true. In the January-March quarter of FY16, GDP grew by 9 percent, which has come down to 6.1 percent in the corresponding quarter this year— a near 3 percentage point difference. Even the full...
More »Devendra Fadnavis waives farm loans of Rs 30,000 crore, but protests spread -Shubhangi Khapre & Parthasarathi Biswas
-The Indian Express Devendra Fadnavis said, “The loan waiver, which will come into force by October 31, 2017, will be restricted to small and marginal Farmers with land holdings of five acres.” Pune: In the face of spiralling protests across Maharashtra, Chief Minister Devendra Fadnavis on Saturday announced a farm loan waiver of Rs 30,000 crore, the biggest such write-off for Farmers in the state. But by afternoon, it was clear that...
More »A New Agrarian Season, but an Old and Futile Question for the Indian Farmer -Jaideep Hardikar
-TheWire.in Farmers are once again wondering which crop will fetch them guaranteed good returns. Nagpur: What do you grow on your farm in the coming season that will fetch you good returns? This is a question millions of peasant Farmers, particularly those with small holdings and no protective irrigation, are likely to ask themselves this month, possibly with no answers. They’ll go back to what they have been growing on their fields thus far,...
More »TN govt plans kuruvai package; focus on pulses and millets -Julie Mariappan
-The Times of India Chennai: Tamil Nadu government is all set to announce a special financial package to provide succor to delta Farmers for the third successive year. The package is aimed at helping Farmers raise less water-intensive pulses and millets. The customary June 12 water release from Mettur reservoir will be given a miss this year - for the sixth consecutive year - also owing to shortage of water, depriving the...
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