-Livemint.com The strategy for doubling farmer incomes will differ from state to state, and from one region to another even within a state After two consecutive years of drought, in 2014-15 and 2015-16, farmers of many crops were hit by low market PRIces in several states in 2016-17. In view of widespread discontent, there is a sense of urgency about addressing their issues. Therefore, the conference organized by the ministry of agriculture...

-Livemint.com Linking MSPs to a multiple of costs and ignoring other dynamics, such as demand and global PRIces, risks creating distortions and disincentivizing productivity Government policymaking seems to be making a volte-face from supporting consumers (by keeping food inflation low), to supporting producers (by raising food PRIces). In the 2018-19 Union budget, the government “decided to keep minimum support PRIces (MSP) for all unannounced crops of kharif at least at one-and-a-half times of...

-TheWire.in Three related pleas before the Central Information Commission throw up numerous facts on demonetisation, including how Ambedkar’s photo was proposed to be PRInted on new notes. New Delhi: With the PRIme Minister’s Office (PMO) being reticent about the events around demonetisation that was announced late on November 8, 2016 and refusing to part with information about it in response to a query filed under the Right to Information Act, the Central...

-PTI The case pertains to Commodore Lokesh Batra (Retd) who had sought to know details of bills, invoices and other records related to abroad visits of PRIme Minister between Financial Years 2013-14 and 2016-17. The Central Information Commission has directed the external affairs ministry to disclose records related to the expenses incurred on chartering Air India aircraft for abroad visits of the PRIme minister from 2013 to 2017. Chief Information Commissioner R...

-Livemint.com Farmer organizations in Gujarat plan a five-day protest in Gandhinagar next month over allocation of Narmada waters, crop insurance and minimum support PRIce Ahmedabad: Farmer organizations in Gujarat plan to hold a five-day protest in Gandhinagar next month to voice concerns over the allocation of Narmada waters and demands on issues such as crop insurance and minimum support PRIce. “Despite repeated written presentations to Gujarat government, our issues have not been addressed....