Agriculture’s political priority now the focus! See the budgets of the government! The Centre has taken the bold step to come out with a budget that makes bold promises. Agriculture spending will top the sectoral allocations. What was once considered to be an urban party of traders and small businessmen and shop-keepers, the BJP now…
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Farmers gather at Jantar Mantar!
They would start roaring more in the coming days! To protest on their grievances. All budgets focused on farmers! The Central and the states’ budgets! Why? Is it because the government care for farmers? How many farmers committed suicides, you know? No budget, Central or the states, in particular, the Maharashtra and the Karnataka budgets talk…
Where are the visionaries, doers?
Many current buzz words! Venture capital, equity funds, ease of doing business! Why not brings them to the farm sector? To the rural areas? Why not introduce schemes for young farmers, young rural entrepreneurs? The mood is right and the opportunities are waiting for tapping! There is a distressing unreality in all talks about rural…
It is time to think big and dream big!
This is the moment for India! However, rural India is too big a sector! Indian economy is moving ahead. However, structural problems remain. One sector is agriculture. Rural development is another. So too the new problems thrown up by the fast changes in many areas. No one person, however powerful, can hope to understand Indian…
How Indian agriculture should be revived? Give security to farmers, first!
Agriculture sector needs more technology-driven solutions! Agriculture prospects and crises, big economies’ concerns? See the slowdowns, crises in China, Brazil and even other big economies. IMF reports China economic slowdown is lowest in a quarter of a century in 2915! Weak commodity prices also hammering countries like Brazil and other emerging markets. The world economy…
Agriculture sector is in crisis.
Desperation is no option! We need to recognise the reality. We need action, in a systematic way and less bureaucratic way. There are many options. New expert panel. Engagement of the private sector. Of course, there are certain legacy issues. Small and marginal farmers, the land ceiling laws, tenancy legislation and of course the persisting…
Start-up India Campaign
Prime Minister’s call for solutions to agri infrastructure! Information is an agri input! Prime Minister was launching the ‘Start-up India’ campaign and he turned to agriculture sector in that context. That seems to be not a coincidence, we believe. The Prime Minister wondered whether our young entrepreneurs, technologists can come up with solutions to the…
The new agri minister seems to have a grasp of the current agri priorities!
So, what is delaying action? Insurance scheme for farmers? Oh, it looks very fantastic, insurance cover for farmers. But where is the scheme now? Mr.Radha Mohan Singh, the Union agriculture minister has spoken on the latest issues that face Indian agriculture. He was speaking at a seminar on national dialogue Innovation extension system for farmer’s…