Gujarat’s contract farmers reap profits even as potato prices crash Farmers are able to avoid the risk of fall in prices because of contracts they have with food-processing MNCs By Vivian FernandesMarch 17, 2015 00:25 IST
Use export prices as base This would end the cosseting of oil PSUs while making the transition to market prices painless for the consumer By Vivian FernandesJune 30, 2014 01:59 IST
Column: The business of manufacturing dissent Relentless opposition, as is the case with Greenpeace?s protests against GM crops, is undemocratic By Vivian FernandesJune 24, 2014 02:21 IST
Column: The GM crop myopia While policymakers snub Bt cotton, Maharashtra farmers are happily harvesting even the unapproved variety By Vivian FernandesDecember 4, 2013 03:14 IST
Pro-corporate can also be pro-poor Project Sunshine in Gujarat is worth emulating as it saw the state buy high-yielding varieties of maize seed and, with… By Vivian FernandesJune 29, 2013 02:48 IST
Landing on a U-turn How two parliamentary committees took opposite positions on industry?s role in land acquisition within 44 months. By Vivian FernandesMay 24, 2012 04:03 IST
A rail for two cities Indians are losing a lot because the Indian Railways lacks drive, ambition and imagination. How? By Vivian FernandesMarch 28, 2012 02:37 IST
Railways court ruin rather than investment Despite being repeatedly reminded about pending investments and factory projects, the Railways seems to have steadfastly followed a policy of… By Vivian FernandesMarch 7, 2012 02:42 IST