The core stir issues of remunerative prices and a basic income for farmers has taken a political turn with three major agrarian states of Madhya Pradesh, Rajasthan and Chhattisgarh going to the polls in the next few months
Cabinet sub-committee to meet to review the situation and take necessary steps. Sanjay Jog reports
Under the Bhavantar Bhugtan Yojana, the state pays a portion of the loss incurred by farmers for selling below the MSP, capped up to a limit.
'It is a shame for a woman to defecate in the open.'
After a delayed start, the monsoon is advancing steadily.
According to agriculture department officials, the state is heading for a bumper paddy harvest despite a slight reduction in acreage compared with the previous year.
'When I met the prime minister on November 15 there was no RBI report with the prime minister as to why this was done.' 'When I asked the PMO officer about this, he said the RBI did not bring this to the PM and did it independently.' 'When I asked how could the RBI ban DCCBs from accepting deposits from farmers in old notes when the government gazette released on November 9 allowed them to do so, this officer told me that not even senior PMO officials had any idea about this RBI ban.'
Rajan also said the outlook for agriculture is subdued, in view of both rabi and kharif prospects being hit by monsoon vagaries.
Onion has become costlier by over 33 per cent in the last one week and over 70 per cent in September so far, reports Dilip Kumar Jha.
Successful boro cropping with record high yields has brought a degree of fame to Rajib
he government is examining a plan of bank recapitalisation and considering an urban version of MNREGS.
Following a huge fall in chana production this year, the Centre is set to import more pulses.
The southwest monsoon which reached the country on May 30 well within its normal onset date
Suicides, drought, natural calamities, slump in market...Nothing can deter the determination of farmers in Guntur district of Andhra Pradesh.
The government will take special efforts to ensure adequate credit flow to underserved areas -- the eastern states and Jammu-Kashmir, he added.
Neither the CAA nor the proposed NRC are important enough to stake the well-being of so many or stake economic growth. Getting growth back on track is more important, notes Mahesh Vyas.
Skymet said September would be much better and it expects it to end at 111 per cent of the LPA
Following good rains and high global edible oil prices, soybean acreage is likely to touch a record 84 lakh hectares in the current kharif season.
Predicting a 2.3 per cent farm sector growth for 2005-06, the Economic Survey on Monday advocated development of alternative markets by shifting from the expensive public procurement and distribution system for better returns to farmers.
'Political parties bring out money they have stashed away and start spending it. How large that spending will be depends on how much money has been stashed. So, you are going to have a strong upside coming from the election effect,' says Pronab Sen.
Steady progress in June; north and central regions to get good pre-showers
The hardening of the Wholesale Price Index follows an uptick in retail inflation.
NSO has pegged economic growth at 5 per cent in 2019-20 in its second advance estimates.
Expect Modi to speak about internal security, terrorism, agriculture, the Triple Talaq Bill, the SC/ST Bill and, of course, the controversial NRC.
Through increase in import duty, the government aims to help domestic oilseed crushers and edible oil producers who suffered badly last year due to cheap imports
Kharif sowing till June 20 almost 18 per cent less than last year; 328 districts under watch, based on rains in the first 15 days
Procurement will be done through domestic purchases as well as imports.
The government on Thursday said it will not allow prices of essential food items to increase due to the impact of possible deficient monsoon this year.
Farmers find it difficult to source quality seeds or fertiliser on time from government agencies at subsidised rates.
This may rescue pulses, cotton and oilseed sowing; rain revival in the south to take longer
Technology and prudent practices can ensure that crop output does not suffer in years of drought.
Retail price of onion is expected to ease across the country in the second week of November as dealers foresee plenty of fresh stocks to flood the markets.
He accused the Congress of putting up obstacles to the temple's construction through 'its lawyers' in the Supreme Court.
Retail inflation rose 4.38 per cent year-on-year in November, the slowest pace in data going back to January 2012.
Swarms of immature pink locusts and adult yellow locusts are currrently active. Not only are fresh locusts swarms expected to arrive in the coming weeks, but even those already present in India have mated and are breeding new offspring.
Binu Alex, co-founder and editorial director of www.commodityonline.com, in an interview to Syed Firdaus Ashraf/Rediff.com, says demand-supply imbalance arising out of the government's inability to preserve the crop for non-harvesting season is the root cause behind the price rise.
For many farmers, though, a bumper harvest isn't good news, as they have been forced to sell their produce, particularly pulses, dirt cheap.
Pronab Sen, the government's former chief statistician, says contrary to perception, GDP growth won't be drastically hit in the present quarter.
