Category: Agriculture

Its past sins visit its present predicaments? Now, Mr.Buddhadeb Bhattacharjee tells, as he did to the NDTV, that there is a generational change, village youths don’t want to engage in agriculture and they want non-agri jobs. That can be created, as the CM said only through rapid industrialisation. Now, Rs.25,000 crore worth of investments are…

Policy is not working! Logistics could break the impasse in agriculture! Who believes the Central government when it says it can reform agriculture? Agri reforms is much tougher, it seems, than we imagined, to be a much more a high priority of the economic reforms. Even in economic reforms we don’t see any unity of…

May be the market forces would  decide the new agri policy! There is a mistaken view, shared by many sections, the government, the NGOs and the industry that Indian agriculture would somehow become like the US model. It won’t and it shouldn’t. This has to be understood. There are so many reasons to worry about…

Its past sins visit its present predicaments? The Stalinist cult of “collectivised” agriculture, call it by what name you like, that had entrenched the idlers in the vilages, panchayats and land holding patterns! Who said agriculture is not important? But the CPM in W.Bengal always touted its land reforms as the end of all socio-economic…

Govt. must ban PSU bank ads with the PM/FM letters and photos! Farm debt write-offs should be followed by sustained farm credit systems. A PSU bank celebrating 100 years or some such events using the PM/FM letters and photos on full pages in all national dailies must have costed the bank several lakhs of rupees!…

May be the market forces might dictate the new agri policy!There are so many reasons to  worry about the Indian agri crisis.This sector fails to respond to the many pious hopes(yes,there is no visible active agri policy as such as of now) and there is a steady decline in all major crops.The outcome?An all-time high…

Farmers air their grievences in the presence of the PM. Why not act at once on their suggestions? It is becoming difficult everyday to judge the government. Its many actions. Yes, Dr.Singh is a decent man. This much is admitted by everyone. He seems to have no enemies. But then what is his performance as…

Sad thoughts on the turn of events at rural Anand The Prime Minister must give some thoughts to the latest developments at Anand. Petty jealousies have sought to bring a bad name to a man who made all Indians proud. The government must intervene and save the country and the good name of India from…