Until the farmers’ movement succeeds in making their voice heard in Parliament, the political parties will keep manipulating them While the farmer leaders are busy campaigning against the three farm laws, building a pan-India farmers’ movement, something in Delhi has changed. The Opposition parties like the...
Pipad, Rajasthan, is usually a quiet place with fallow lands, parched salty soils and a blooming mining industry, which often operates in a legally grey zone. In an hour’s drive from Jodhpur, one catches glimpses of both thorny bamboos and extraordinary human resilience. Afroz Khan, now...
The agrarian issue is being politicised by media magicians but, for the farmers, it’s a question of livelihood and existence Green mango flowers are now bursting and kites dance in the sky while bright yellow, purple flowers bloom one last time and farmers in Tihar Jail,...
As India dismantled the Essential Commodities Act last year and invited , one question remains unanswered, are Indian competition laws mature enough to prevent an oligopoly in the sector? foreign direct investment(FDI) into the food and farming sector. After all, the memory of 2.5 lakh crore...
The Finance Minister’s plans to fix India's agriculture sector leave a lot to be desired and these tall claims should be taken with a pinch of salt The message from the Union Budget 2021-22 is clear — Credit, Corporatisation and Disinvestment. Rahul Gandhi promptly tweeted “crony...
To emerge victorious the Government should embrace the farmers’ cause, and not ignore it because of violence by a few miscreants India’s 72nd Republic Day was marred by unprecedented violence and mayhem in the Capital. On one hand the country showcased its military might at the...
To emerge victorious the Government should embrace the farmers’ cause, and not ignore it because of violence by a few miscreants India’s 72nd Republic Day was marred by unprecedented violence and mayhem in the Capital. On one hand the country showcased its military might at the...
India cannot have protectionism for corporations backed by tariffs and a free market only for Indian farmers. Who is it that wishes to deny our farmers their proper due, as they brave 4.1°C temperatures at the borders of Delhi? Is it the ‘middle men’ or the ‘robber...
Since mushrooms are neither plants nor animals and emerge not from seeds but from spawns or spores, they are outside the ambit of the Seed Act and Rules and also the PPVFR Act. As winter approaches, India’s farmers once again are exploring the mushroom option as...
The Indian seed industry, as a sub-sector of the agri-inputs industry, has been the most vibrant in terms of innovation and growth over the past four decades The Indian seed industry has made rapid progress over the past 50 years, maturing because of the ceaseless efforts...