-DNA Farming is considered a patriotic enterprise, and nearly half of India's labour force is engaged in agriculture and allied activities. Almost everyone believes that in the election season, political parties should pledge to aid this patriotic endeavor to feed the nation. But, farming is a risky profession, and agricultural products form only 14% of India's total produce. After the economic reforms, the growth in agricultural GDP has averaged only 3.4%. Even...
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UPA-2’s costly mistake: failure to curb rising prices-Asit Ranjan Mishra
-Live Mint A key reason for the surge in anti-incumbency faced by UPA has been its failure to curb inflationary pressures New Delhi: A key reason for the surge in anti-incumbency faced by the Congress-led United Progressive Alliance (UPA) has been its failure to curb inflationary pressures for most of the regime's second tenure. While inflation based on Wholesale prices averaged 6.1% during UPA-1 (2004-2009), it was a percentage point higher at 7.1%...
More »The rains may just sail the next government’s boat -Sanjoy Narayan
-The Hindustan Times Once the remaining two phases of India's seemingly never-ending elections are done and dusted and the results are declared, for whoever it might be that wins and gets to form the government, the first thing on the agenda should be to get down on their knees and pray to the rain gods and wish that the monsoon doesn't disappoint this year - that it comes on time and...
More »Onion prices rise about 40% in a week -Tushar Pawar
-The Times of India NASHIK: Brace up for an onion price hike again. Unseasonal rains and hailstorms in Nashik district have pushed up onion prices by about 40% in a week at the country's largest wholesale onion market, the Lasalgaon Agriculture Produce Market Committee (APMC), In the district APMCs, the average wholesale onion prices, which were in the range of Rs 575 to Rs 801 a quintal on April 10, rose...
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-The Hindu Price rise is one of the key issues in this election, and the latest data on inflation spell bad news for the incumbent UPA government; the monster is rearing its head again after lying low over the last three months. Retail inflation, specifically food price inflation, has rebounded in March on the back of rising prices of vegetables and fruits. Wholesale food prices rose 9.9 per cent with rice...
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