-Newsclick.in If rise in input costs is compared with new MSP, then in real terms, MSP has been reduced for 11 out 14 Kharif crops, the leaders said. New Delhi: Terming it a “cruel joke” on farmers, farmer organisations on Thursday said that the increase in minimum support price (MSP) of 14 crops for Kharif season 2022-23 announced by the Centre merely covers the impact of inflated prices of inputs including seeds,...
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Centre warns of CBI, EoW action against post-dated wheat export LCs -Sanjeeb Mukherjee
-Business Standard Since wheat export was banned on May 13, the government has been cracking down on exporters who are waiting to have their orders cleared on the basis of invalid LCs Serving a warning to unscrupulous wheat exporters, the government on Monday said if after a probe it was found they had issued post-dated letters of credit (LCs), they would be proceeded against under the Foreign Trade Act. It can take help...
More »A New Paradign for Indian Agriculture: From Agroindustry to Agroecology (2022) -Neelam Patel, Bruno Dorin, and Ranveer Nagaich
-NITI Aayog Working Paper, ISBN: 978-81-953811-7-3 Abstract - The importance of agriculture in an economy usually declines as it climbs the development ladder. Raising agriculture productivity has been known to be an important precursor. Labour productivity in agriculture can either be increased by higher land productivity or higher land availability per farmer and mechanisation. In India, however, the dramatic increase in land productivity through industrial farming has caused severe environmental damage and...
More »Common kitchens – what’s cooking in Kerala? -Chithra Ajith
-VillageSquare.in Work and other commitments vying for time, one cannot spare time to cook. What started out of necessity for two couples is making "common kitchens' spring up across Kerala. Common kitchen? “Think of it as a kitchen where you’re cooking for a big family,” said Sundaran, the cook in Kerala’s first common kitchen. The ‘family’ here is generally a group of families in a neighbourhood. “This is not like your regular catering service, because...
More »Learning loss a tragedy, but no mention in Union Budget: Raghuram Rajan -Ranjitha Gunasekaran
-The New Indian Express He said that instead of spending on the PLI schemes, the Centre should invest in filling the gaps in our education system, strengthening higher education, skilling, research, and development. Former Governor of Reserve Bank of India, Raghuram Rajan has expressed concern over lack of focus on the learning loss caused due to Covid-19 among school children in the Union Budget, while a significant amount of money was allocated...
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