-The Indian Express President Ram Nath Kovind has approved the ordinance for changes in the Indian Penal Code (IPC), the Evidence Act, the Code of Criminal Procedure (CrPC) and the Protection of Children from Sexual Offences (POCSO) Act. New Delhi: Two days after the Centre approved an ordinance that allows courts to award the death penalty to those convicted of raping children below 12 years of age, the Delhi High Court Monday...
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Direct income transfers will help farmers more than minimum support PRIces, says new report -Mridula Chari
-Scroll.in A new report says that a crop-neutral direct payout scheme might be better than paying farmers the difference between market PRIce and production cost. Raising minimum support PRIces to 1.5 times the cost of production could severely distort agricultural markets, suggests a new report from the Indian Council for Research on International Economic Relations. The report takes a look at government schemes to bolster the crop procurement process. The Centre offers...
More »Why MSP at cost plus 50% is no big deal -Rajalakshmi Nirmal
-The Hindu Business Line The MSP for many crops is already 1.5 times cost; and procurement is either absent or very minimal except for paddy and wheat There has been much speculation on the Budget promise to farmers of 50 per cent return on cost of production. But this may not help farmers much, as many crops already enjoy 50 per cent profit at minimum support PRIce (MSP), according to the PRIce...
More »Women are the guardians of the forest. So why does India ignore them in its policies? -Purabi Bose
-Scroll.in It is important that forest policies are formulated through a gender-sensitive lens and that women are included in the conversation. A few weeks ago, when Google India marked the 45th anniversary of the Chipko movement with a doodle, it was a refreshing flashback to forest communities sacrificing their lives to protect trees from being felled for timber use. One of the first such recorded community protests was at Khejarli village in...
More »Demonetisation 2.0: cash crunch hits farmers, again -Banjot Kaur
-Down to Earth More than creating financial crunch for upcoming sowing season, cash crunch is impacting the PRIces at which farmers are selling their produce While the Union government is promising that cash crunch in the market would end soon, the farmers have already started feeling the pinch badly. The fears of demonetisation have come back for them. They are in soup because not only is this the harvest season, but also...
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