Category: Agriculture

Not exactly, they are brought forward to the fierce Assembly elections, their names are invoked! The majority of rural voters are farmers and so the invocation! Who says farmers are neglected? It seems only some marginal groups? Mainstream now is all the farmers. Who are talking much about farmers, you know? Yes, none other than…

They complete a story! Agriculture can thrive in India only when the agri sector gets credit from banks through some streamlined channels like a kisan credit card. Now so many channels are in place and new techs like the Adhaar have enabled an average citizen to do things hassle-free. Yet there are age-old hurdles for…

Prospects for rice exports seem good! This year’s untimely rains have however helped, farmers in the rice belts of North, in states like Chattisgarh, Madhya Pradesh say, that that paddy output this year might be higher than the official estimates. Rice, we must know is an export commodity these times and hence what is happening…

Niti Aayog drawing up agri reforms! Agri sector is long neglected in fundamental policy thinking and hence there is no policy reforms for long. Now, we learn that Niti Aayog, the old Planning Commission-type policy making body set up by the new government seems to be really serious bout agri reforms. The external factors for…

They complete a story! Modi’s two years in office needs some balanced comments. Such comments are missing in the Indian media, both pint and the electronic media. The media, we should call it now more realistically, the Indian media industry is also at the cross roads. First, there is the olden day freedom is missing…

Not exactly, they are brought forward to the fierce Assembly elections, their names are invoked! The majority of rural voters are farmers and so the invocation! Who says farmers are neglected? It seems only some marginal groups? Mainstream now is all the farmers. Who are talking much about farmers, you know? Yes, none other than…

Who are the visionaries and leaders? Who can guide the country towards a more equal and equitable digital world? The benefits of the IT revolution and this need a better and sustained articulation so that the common man would understand and benefit by such a revolutionary era in which we are living and passing through….

The new minister for Information and Broadcasting! Has called for development-oriented, responsible, media! Fine. But then the new minister is an experienced leader and he must be only too well aware how the Indian media sector is performing today. It is all about surviving and performing for survival only. There is a sense of let-down…