Category: Agriculture

What the government can do? And doesn’t yet do in agriculture? What the private sector can do now in agriculture? Indian agriculture, after 60 years of freedom, is now poised for some structural changes. These changes are likely to be brought about more by the private sector initiatives rather than by the conscious government policy…

If Ministers pursue their own glories! Their portfolios fail to deliver! Agri minister is now known for his big money business of cricket than for his political acumen and decision-making. So too his colleague, the Finance minister. This not-so-experienced youngish lawyer’s entry into politics and that too into the highly important portfolio of finance has…

It is an irony that as we type this note comes the news that RBI had punished 7 banks, private, foreign and PSU banks for violating IPO norms! The fines for the IPO scams run from Rs.25 lakhs to 5 lakhs. The point is that some of the superstars are also found to be indulging…

Environment, energy, infrastructure issues might impact Indian agriculture’s long -term prospects India continues with its short-term strategies. It resorts to import of wheat for the second year. And at such high prices. The Prime Minister, after a long interval, is  undertaking a tour of six states to over-see the agriculture developments. Fine! If only the…

What new hopes on agriculture front? Three priorities in agriculture Water, energy, biotechnology Inter-linking of the Southern rivers, high investments in agri-biotechnology, energy efficient management in electricity and water consumption in agriculture. The National Development Council met with the one single aim of what to do in the Indian agriculture. We have becoming accustomed to…

Every one knows the exact reasons! No one dares to speak out! We are publishing this magazine, now for more than two decades. And we have built up a dedicated readership. It is not easy to publish an agriculture magazine in English. All the English publications are newspapers or magazines and all are urban-focused. No…

India would turn into a food importer? Yes, says our Agriculture Minister! Our policy makers have become smug about agriculture! They don’t in fact know what to do to turn agriculture as India’s strength. That is the current tragedy of policy making. All our top ministers are able men. They are widely seen as the…

Wheat farmers are becoming assertive! Yet they need correct market information to get maximum prices! The wheat procurement season is on and the wheat output is good in Punjab, Haryana and MP and Rajasthan and UP. There is a sort of cold war between the various players in the wheat procurement trade, the government on…