-Business Standard Exemptions granted on agri income and subsidies provided by the Centre and states are being cornered by big Farmers and corporates The Comptroller and auditor general’s proposed audit of exemptions granted to big corporates, companies and even Farmers under the head of agriculture incomes has once again rekindled the debate as to whether farm incomes derived from big companies and large Farmers should be taxed. According to an analysis done by...

-The Times of India Patiala: Pest attack has been reported in some areas of Patiala and Sangrur districts on paddy crop that is about to be harvested. Patiala chief agriculture officer Parminder Singh said 'kala tela' (black hopper) had attacked paddy here forcing Farmers to reap the crop pre-maturely. He said that the Farmers were taking the premature crop after harvest to mandis but it was not being procured due to high...

-The Hindu Without doubt, India needs to go forward with bio-safe agricultural practices, but the Farmers need to be helped to make them sustainable Reshma religiously mixes cow dung and manure in the soil in her farm, hoping for a better yield at least this time around. Reshma is a 22-year old smallholder Farmer in a village outside Hyderabad. She is a part of the growing army of Farmers in India who...

-Deccan Chronicle Expert said that extra efforts have to be put in to create awareness to take care of pregnant women and babies to avoid malnutrition. Chennai: A lack of awareness on the nutritional value, a superstitious fear that one may become dark and the lack of interest in the taste of ragi and millets are a few reasons why many people in urban as well as rural Tamil Nadu prefer rice. Though...

-The Hindu While Monsanto and Indian seed companies spar, more worrying is the confused lawmaking underpinning regulation of patents Genetically Modified Organisms (GMOs) breed controversy like no other. Little wonder then that Monsanto’s much-maligned Bt cotton has spawned the mother of all intellectual property (IP) disputes in India, involving at least 15 different proceedings in various courts, government agencies and tribunals at last count. Most proceedings appear to have come at the behest...