-Mongabay.com * Chhattisgarh has a strong mineral base, forests and a large tribal population. As a result there are many conflicts over land use and access to natural resources. * The Forest Rights Act 2006 has given legal space for tribal communities to access their resources. Chhattisgarh has achieved good numbers in the implementation of individual and forest rights. * However, there are problems in the qualitative implementation of the rights and these...
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Modi has betrayed farmers on MSP for rabi crops: AIKS
-The Hindu Business Line New Delhi: The Narendra Modi government has betrayed farmers on its promise of providing remunerative minimum support prices (MSP) by announcing floor prices for rabi crops for 2018-19 far below the promised C2+50 per cent, All India Kisan Sabha (AIKS) said on Thursday. “What is notable is that this comes just after the much-hyped claims after farmers’ protests on Tuesday that the BJP will address all concerns of...
More »Slide in farm size, but women land owners rise: Agri census -Vishwa Mohan
-The Times of India NEW DELHI: The increase in farm land holdings, a consistent trend since the 1970s, has been slowing down in the past 20 years but there is a rise in the number of female land holders, a possible indicator of higher involvement in farm activities, the provisional agriculture census 2015-16, has revealed. The trend could mean the association of farming with “kisan bhai (farmer brothers)” might be less exclusively...
More »Wheat price up but 'not enough'
-The Telegraph The 6.1 per cent hike in the MSP is expected to disburse a cumulative additional income of Rs 62,635 crore. New Delhi: The Centre has increased the minimum support price for wheat, the main rabi crop, by Rs 105 to Rs 1,840 per quintal (100kg), a day after police clashed with farmers demanding a higher support price and loan waivers. The 6.1 per cent hike in the MSP is expected to...
More »Bearish signals: When minimum support price is only on paper
-The Indian Express For the Modi government and farmers, it’s not MSPs for rabi, but below-MSP rates for kharif crops now being marketed, that should really worry. New Delhi: Promising something is much easier than having the capacity to deliver. This is a reality that the Narendra Modi government may have to reckon with in the current kharif marketing season itself, even as it has announced a fresh round of minimum support...
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