Ashok Gulati
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Maharashtra’s MSP diktat sets the stage for chaos, will leave farmers in the lurch
Forcing traders to buy agri-produce at MSP will leave farmers in the lurch as traders may not be there to buy and the state certainly can’t buy all the produce.
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From plate to plough: Atal Bihari Vajpayee was a big agriculture reformer too
From fully delicensing dairy Production And Significant PDS reforms to Allowing BT Cotton, the Farm sector saw many significant steps taken in the Vajpayee years.
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How doubling farm income just got even tougher
NABARD presented a gift to the nation on August 16, 2018, when it released results of its NABARD All India Rural Financial Inclusion Survey (NAFIS). Among other things, the Survey estimates 2015-16 farmers’ income levels.
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The MSP and Procurement Conundrum
Speaking at the 37th foundation day celebrations of NABARD, the union finance minister, Arun Jaitley, gave a good food for thought to the audience when he said, “if there is any area in the economy where we can give example to the world and to ourselves of cooperative federalism, it is the agriculture sector. It can benefit the people more than what GST has done”.
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Under Modi, agriculture is just trudging along
Rather tHan MSP, for better prices getting the markets right by overhauling the agri-marketing infrastructure and associated laws presents a better solution.
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Creating a national agriculture market
The e-nam platform only caters to 7% of the Indian farmer population, and handles only about 2% of the total value of agricultural output of the country
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From Plate to Plough: PMFBY reaping the failure sown by states
The PMFBY involves farmers, banks, state and central government, insurance companies and re-insurers.
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Reading Modi government’s agri-performance right
From Plate to Plough: In the last four years, agri-profitability fell rather than increased; and FCI paraphernalia expanded and deepened rather than getting reformed and shrinking
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Doubling farmers’ income: Here’s why boosting agri-exports is important
The inherent ‘consumer-bias’ in these policies makes trading environment unstable and unpredictable.
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Why doubling farmers’ income by 2022 is a pipe dream
Take bold decisions like restricting subsidies on food, mgnrega, etc, to less than 25% and increasing investment in the sector to 75%.
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Operation Greens: Making it to the TOP
But important thing to note in OF was that it was driven largely by small holders, and AMUL model ensured 75-80% of the price paid by milk consumers goes to farmers.
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Budget 2018: Arun Jaitley must clear the air on the costs considered for calculating the MSP
Budget 2018: Finance minister Arun Jaitley tried to redress the farmers’ woes by announcing that the minimum support price (MSP) will be now 50% above the cost of production. And, he also said that for Rabi crops, they have already done it, and it will be followed for Kharif crops.
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Budget 2018: Fix farmers woes by going the Telangana way; here’s how
Budget 2018: Farm distress is likely to be one of the major focal points of the Union Budget 2018-19, as the growth in agri-GDP as well as farmers’ (real) incomes has fallen to around 2% per annum during the first four years of the Modi government.
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From Modi, Manmohan, Vajpayee to Rao, here is who generated the lowest agri growth
The first advance estimates of GDP and Gross Value Added (GVA) at basic prices for various sectors for the year 2017-18 are out.
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To put 2017’s bitter harvest behind, Narendra Modi government must implement agri-reforms
The party now rules 19 states, either on its own or as a dominant NDA-partner. More than two-thirds of Indians live in these states, and this is perhaps the best opportunity for the Modi government to carry out agriculture reforms in a synchronised manner.
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Reviving Indian agri-futures: Can Modi government take bold step to revive legacy of AB Vajpayee?
In November 2017, prices of most of the major kharif crops crashed below their respective minimum support prices (MSPs), triggering farm distress.
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How India can tap agriculture to boost trade surplus
The new minister for commerce and industry, Suresh Prabhu, expressed his resolve to expand exports at the occasion of his anointment as the minister.
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Plate to plough: PM Modi’s Gujarat model on agriculture that other Indian states can replicate
We have been great admirers of the ‘agrarian miracle’ that Gujarat achieved under the leadership of Narendra Modi (NaMo), when he was the chief minister of Gujarat from October 7, 2001, to May 22, 2014. Gujarat agri-GDP registered an unprecedented growth of 8% per annum during 2002-03 to 2013-14, way above that of all-India (3.3% pa).
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Are Niti Aayog measures to boost agriculture old wine in a new bottle? Check out what is on its agenda
Last month, NITI Aayog released its three-year action agenda (TYAA) for the government as a road map for reforming various sectors of the economy, including agriculture.
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Getting Agri-futures right is need of the hour; Here’s what government needs to do
Even after 70 years of Independence, the marketing system for agri-products remains unsupportive of farmers. They can’t discover and realise the best prices possible for their produce across space and time as markets are not sufficiently integrated.
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Fasal Bima Yojana by Narendra Modi government moved in right direction, made substantial progress
The primary reason behind this failure is lethargy and casual attitude of state agencies. There is an urgent need to link the insurance database with core banking solution so that when the premium is deducted from a farmer’s bank account, he gets a message with relevant information
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Narendra Modi Israel visit: Here is what India can learn from the Jewish country
Prime minister Narendra Modi will make history this week when he visits Israel, being the first Indian PM to do so since Independence.
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GST and agriculture: Current rates basket does not augur well for food processing
Here, we assess the likely impact of the new GST regime on agriculture and farmers.
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Shiv mantra for the ‘relentless’ Uttar Pradesh CM Yogi Adityanath
Madhya Pradesh CM Shivraj Singh Chouhan’s work on irrigation, power supply, roads and govt procurement gave the state’s agri-GSDP a significant boost
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Yogi Adityanath’s UP farm loan waiver: Appeasement or atonement?
The “imputed loss” to UP farmers over 3-5 years, With Paddy prices 15-30% & Wheat Prices 10-15% Below Respective MSPs, easily equals the loan waiver amount.
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For Yogi Adityanath, cow, culture, agriculture low hanging fruit to power up Uttar Pradesh
With Yogi Adityanath taking over as chief minister of Uttar Pradesh, several political pundits were quick to announce that prime minister Narendra Modi had picked “cow over development”.
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Save the pulse farmer, here’s how
The minimum that the govt can do is to remove all restrictions on a free market for pulses
