-The Financial Express Two years of bad rain makes even Punjab vulnerable When a Punjab is flagged as an area of some risk following bad rain, it is time to get seriously worried. The state may have, as RATings agency Crisil points out in its latest report on Indian agriculture, as much as 98.8% of its cropped area under irrigation, but with a 50.4% shortfall in rain last year and a likely...
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Farmers spraying crops with animal hormone -Syed Akbar
-The Times of India HYDERABAD: DespeRATe to save the standing crop in the face of severe drought, paddy farmers have turned to the animal hormone Oxytocin to salvage the Khariff yield. Oxytocin, which is widely used by farmers in a bid to artificially promote growth in fruits and vegetables, has been banned for use in agriculture and animal husbandry. According to researchers in Prof Jayashankar Telangana State Agricultural University here, paddy farmers...
More »Why skyrocketing onion prices pack a pungent punch -Gaurav Choudhury
-The Hindustan Times The skyrocketing prices of onions, a key ingredient used in making dishes ranging from curries to biryanis, reflects India’s inability to insulate staples from weather-induced supply disturbances. On Thursday onions traded at Rs 4,900 a quintal (or Rs 49 a kg) at Lasalgaon in Maharashtra, India’s largest wholesale market for the crop. Inadequate supplies have pushed up prices sharply over the last few weeks. Already, retail onion prices have...
More »During lathi-charge, it's the cops who suffer most: NCRB -Deeptiman Tiwary
-The Times of India NEW DELHI: Police is routinely criticized for being baton happy and using undue force during lathi-charge to control crowds. However, a first of its kind data released by National Crime Records Bureau (NCRB) show that whenever police have conducted a lathi-charge, it's the men in khaki who have suffered most injuries. The data show that in 2014 lathi-charge was carried on 382 occasions. In these, while 262...
More »Thought For Food -Jean Dreze & Reetika Khera
-Outlook Even the worst-governed states can improve their PDS and ensure grain for the poorest. Look at Madhya Pradesh. THE National Food Security Act (NFSA), 2013, is not in very good health. Two years after it came into force, just a few states are implementing it. Others are still struggling with the identification of eligible households, public distribution system (PDS) reforms and other prepaRATions. Yet, recent evidence suggests that some states...
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