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WTO spotlight on MSP, export bans
Issues on public stockholdings and export restrictions on key food crops areas where India faces constant ire.
14 August 2024, 10:33 IST
WTO spotlight on MSP, export bans
14 August 2024, 10:33 IST
What the summer of 2024 has in store for India’s farmers
In the last two years, the weather in February and March has been erratic. In February 2022, there was an unusually high temperature which hit the wheat output and brought wheat procurement in RMS 2022-2023 to just 18.79 million tonnes (mt).
03 April 2024, 22:26 IST
What the summer of 2024 has in store for India’s farmers
03 April 2024, 22:26 IST
Minimum price support, maximum gain for farmers
As climate change compels farmers to diversify from wheat and paddy, how can the government make minimum support price available to farmers by making the system more effective and transparent?
09 March 2024, 20:24 IST
Minimum price support, maximum gain for farmers
09 March 2024, 20:24 IST
WTO | Permanent solution to central pool stocks critical for India
Will the WTO Ministerial Summit at Abu Dhabi provide a permanent solution to food stocks in developing countries?
23 January 2024, 07:16 IST
WTO | Permanent solution to central pool stocks critical for India
23 January 2024, 07:16 IST
Truth be told, state of malnutrition in India is not known
In the absence of large data sets like census or consumption expenditure survey, it cannot be said with certainty that the FAO’s assessment of the prevalence of undernutrition in India correctly captures the ground reality
18 December 2023, 05:46 IST
Truth be told, state of malnutrition in India is not known
18 December 2023, 05:46 IST
Stubble burning is one among many causes of bad air
The Union government, along with the Government of NCR states should show by their actions on other sources of air pollution that they are serious about tackling the challenge.
22 November 2023, 05:43 IST
Stubble burning is one among many causes of bad air
22 November 2023, 05:43 IST
Can PM-Kisan be fine-tuned for better impact?
A mere increase in the amount of PM-Kisan in the run-up to general elections may be imprudent.
17 October 2023, 04:21 IST
Can PM-Kisan be fine-tuned for better impact?
17 October 2023, 04:21 IST
Food inflation could give government sleepless nights
The erratic monsoons would mean that going forward most Indians would have to pay more for basic food items.
06 September 2023, 06:00 IST
Food inflation could give government sleepless nights
06 September 2023, 06:00 IST
Investment made in IMD over the decades is paying off
If the 2016 drought manual and the national crisis management plan for drought are followed, the impact of a possible deficiency in rainfall will be largely mitigated
05 June 2023, 05:33 IST
Investment made in IMD over the decades is paying off
05 June 2023, 05:33 IST
What if the monsoons fail in 2023?
The monsoons are critical for India. Despite spending huge sums of money on irrigation projects, only 53 per cent of country’s gross cropped area is irrigated
28 April 2023, 09:14 IST
What if the monsoons fail in 2023?
28 April 2023, 09:14 IST