-The Times of India NEW DELHI: Consumer price inflation (CPI), or retail inflation as it is better known, for the month of November stood at 4.88 per cent with comparison to 3.63 per cent during the corresponding period last year. The government data revealed on Tuesday shows that the inflation rate has surged to 15-month high. The previous high was recorded at 5.05 per cent in August last year. November's inflation numbers...
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For India, the fight at WTO will be about food security -Sachin Kumar Jain
-Down to Earth India needs to find a permanent solution to the problem of public stock holding, as it is a matter of survival for hundreds of millions people During the negotiations for WTO Agreement on Agriculture in 2001, India raised concerns over food security and flexibility that developing nations must have when it comes to providing subsidies to key farm inputs. Seventeen years have passed since then and countries like...
More »Farmers seek income security law in pre-budget consultation -Gireesh Chandra Prasad
-Livemint.com At a pre-budget consultation, farmers and agriculture economists call for steps to reduce input costs New Delhi: Farmers on Tuesday urged finance minister Arun Jaitley to statutorily ensure income security for them and simultaneously take steps to reduce input costs and thereby make farming profitable. The suggestions from the Consortium of Indian Farmers Associations (CIFA) and agriculture economists was made at the first of the pre-budget consultation. “The median agriculture income is...
More »Agri experts call for income security, price support for farmers
-The Hindu Business Line Meet Jaitley for pre-Budget discussion New Delhi: Experts from the agriculture sector have sought measures to offset the impact of inflation on crops and income security for farmers and also debated the farm loan waiver at a pre-Budget meeting with Finance Minister Arun Jaitley on Tuesday. This was the first such meeting and the Finance Minister will meet more sectoral groups this week to get their proposals for the...
More »Budget 2018: Arun Jaitley Starts Pre-Budget Consultations, To Focus on Agricultural Productivity
-NDTV In the pre-budget consultations, Arun Jaitley said that in order to achieve the goal of doubling the farmer's income by 2022, there is need for better storage and marketing facilities for the farmers' produce The Union Minister of Finance Arun Jaitley said that there is a need to conserve water, incentivize agro processing and promote balanced use of fertilizers in order to ensure higher agriculture productivity. The Finance Minister said that...
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