-The Hindu Under a searing sun, the Agariyas continue to make salt in the Little Rann of Kutch just as their ancestors have done down the ages A pair of black gum boots stands in the corner of Dhirubhai’s temporary shack, his home for eight months in the Little Rann of Kutch. The shack, built entirely of jute bags and plastic sheets and propped up by bamboo poles, houses nine members of...
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From Plate to Plough: It's not about loan waivers -Ashok Gulati & Ranjana Roy
-The Indian Express Indian Farmers are facing multiple crises. Punjab’s case highlights their problems. THE ANSWER TO who will form the next government in Punjab is currently sealed in the ballot boxes. Meanwhile, there are reports that the Election Commission has written to the home minister, reinforcing its demand to make electoral bribery a cognisable offence. But what about the assurances made in election manifestos which promise voters the moon before the...
More »At Rs 450/quintal, onion prices dive to 5-year low -Bhavika Jain
-The Times of India MUMBAI: Onion prices in the state have touched a five year low. The average price Farmers have fetched for a quintal has been Rs 450. At the Lasalgaon APMC, the biggest market yard for onions in the country, the average price for a quintal has been Rs 740 in February 2016, when the state was reeling under a severe drought. Cost of production for a quintal is Rs...
More »Indebtedness among Farmers and Agricultural Labourers in Rural Punjab -Gian Singh, Anupama, Gurinder Kaur, Rupinder Kaur & Sukhvir Kaur
-Economic and Political Weekly Gian Singh (giansingh88@yahoo.com), Anupama (anupamauppal@yahoo. com) and Rupinder Kaur (rupinderkaur0076@gmail.com) teach economics at Punjabi University, Patiala; Gurinder Kaur (gurinder2005@yahoo.co.in) and Sukhvir Kaur (drsukhvir.sk@gmail.com) teach economics at Dashmesh Khalsa College, Zirakpur. The paper examines various hitherto unexplored aspects of indebtedness among Farmers and agricultural labour households in rural Punjab. It analyses the extent and distribution of indebtedness among Farmers and agricultural labourers, their sources of debt and the per...
More »Kharif crops: Farm groups petition agri price panel for remunerative MSP
-The Hindu Business Line Want change in methodology of cost computation New Delhi: A number of Farmers’ groups from across the country have given a joint submission to the Commission for Agricultural Costs and Prices (CACP) seeking a remunerative minimum support price for Kharif crops. The Farmers have demanded that CACP conduct a special study on how demonetisation has adversely impacted agriculture and recommend a special component in Kharif 2017-18 as compensation. A...
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