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…
What is happening in Odisha state?
Rotten in the state of Denmark? Horror stories That is how one is tempted to ask when we read the continuous stories of human depravity, total loss of a sense of belonging and whether people there care to worry about their what is seemingly their daily on-going increased neglect of the people by the government…
Why farmers are deployed for the various Assembly elections?
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…
Corporates in agriculture and MNCs in the rural market!
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…
Towards a transparent democratic political structure!
Trump election victory! Why this turn of events? Media today plays a critical role in political campaigning.24 hour news cycle and social media biases also contribute to an emotional pitch rather than facts and factual analysis of rival candidates’ intrinsic worth. This is called post-truth syndrome. However this aspect of winning and losing elections is…
This year, there are enough reasons to entertain some optimism on Indian agriculture!
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…
Job creation, the major worry for the Indian policy makers
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…
What is happening in Odisha state?
Rotten in the state of Denmark? Horror stories! That is how one is tempted to ask when we read the continuous stories of human depravity, total loss of a sense of belonging and whether people there care to worry about their what is seemingly their daily on-going increased neglect of the people by the government…