It is election time and the vote-bank is confusing! The rural vote is critical, this time and at anytime! We want to write of course on the basic and current agri issues and this time it is the latest Ukraine crisis and Ukraine is world’s largest wheat growing area and Vladimir Putin’s armed invasion and…
Category: Agriculture
Private sector collaboration for agri research!
Pays rich dividends in the development of new variety of Pusa Basmati superfine rice! India is able to export a record 5 billion dollar worth of this rice! This story is worth told many times. Though no one had written and told so as we want it to be told. We have become rather tired…
India at the WTO: India a net agri exporter!
Can India win friends and influence people at the WTO? US representative has separate meeting with India! World trade is a big topic. And within it, the world trade in agriculture, commodities is another big area of interest to India. India is now on the cusp of a big push in becoming a number one…
Sugar industry crisis!
Need for speedy action for the short and long term challenges. Sugar is now an international commodity and therefore the Indian domestic crisis has many dimensions. Starting from UP where we saw farmer’s agitations and even violence and direct action against some reputed mills, the crisis has now spread far and wide. Chief Ministers of…
China goes overseas, to Ukraine to buy/lease out agriculture land on a vast scale!
Agriculture matters always! In every country and every corner of the world! There are always news and developments that remind us how critical the agriculture and rural economy is for every country and every society. Simply because agriculture is the basic economic foundation on which the rest of the economic and social structure rests. So too the…
Public Sector Banks need innovations!
Specific disadvantaged sectors must be catered to! Many insurance products,from halth to life insurance policies can be promoted. What about the priority sector lending? Let us reward the bank innovators by Padmasris and Padma Bhushans! New challenges,new opportunities and new risks! The Indian banking system is a vast one. Ever since Inira Gandhi nationalised the…
Agriculture and economic growth
Only economic experts can’t do it either! Political leadership is required to inspire and promote agriculture, equity that is justice and all round economic development and thereby economic growth. A bit long-winded? Yes, it is! But then in India there are now many contradictions in our serious governance mechanism. Why? And how? Here are some…
India, the world’s number one rice exporter!
How do paddy farmers gain? How they are losers? Serious issues! From agricultural production to agri trade! India emerges as a serious player in the international market. For the first time, after a very long period we hear of international trade in Indian rice! This is reflected in the recent price hike for paddy cultivation….