-Scroll.in The former Delhi High Court chief justice chaired the committee that wrote a landmark report on the status of Muslims in India. There are many reasons to remember Justice Rajinder Sachar, who died in Delhi at the age of 95, on APRIl 20. He was a former chief justice of the Delhi High Court, a civil rights activist proud of his socialist credentials, and a man whose instinct it was...
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Higher arrivals pull onion PRIces down to new low -Vishwanath Kulkarni
-The Hindu Business Line Bengaluru: With onion PRIces at their lowest level in calendar year 2018, exporters said the Centre should bring back incentives to ship out more bulbs, to help stabilise PRIces and provide better returns to farmers. As the harvest of the rabi onion crop gains pace across the key producing regions of Maharashtra and Karnataka, PRIces have declined drastically, leaving growers in tears. At Lasalgaon, the largest onion market...
More »Undo the wrong -Faizan Mustafa
-The Indian Express An ordinance to overturn the Supreme Court order on SC/ST Atrocities Act is much needed The controversial judgment on the SC/ST Atrocities Act has yet again brought to the foreground the faultlines of our democracy. A cornered government, anticipating political repercussions, has moved the apex court for a review of the judgment. In its written submissions, it has stated that the judgment has created disharmony in society and violated...
More »Why farm deflation is essentially a problem of liquidity -Harish Damodaran
-The Indian Express The main problem for farmers today is not production or having sufficient crop to sell. Instead, it has to do with PRIces that they are getting for their produce. The Met Department has forecast a third-in-a-row “normal” south-west monsoon this year, thanks to the very low probability of an El Nino event — the abnormal warming of the equatorial eastern Pacific Ocean waters, which is known to adversely impact...
More »Poultry farmers cry foul -Parthasarathi Biswas
-The Indian Express Falling rates in March stumps industry in month synonymous with high PRIces. Pune: Since February, Deepak Pawale, who runs a poultry farm at Retavadi village in Khed taluka of Pune district, has been selling 45-day-old birds weighing 2-2.5 kg each at well below his estimated production cost of Rs 70 per kg. “The traders aren’t ready to pay higher rates, as they tell me that their sales have slowed down,”...
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