Media Monitor
Agriculture Industry
MSP hike to boost farm income, spur growth: Assochamedit
The government’s decision to hike the minimum support price (MSP) for 14 khariff crops would boost farmers’ income, resulting in a huge rural demand push to the Indian economy, industry body Assocham said.
Farmer deaths old problem, steps taken to give them relief: Suresh Prabhuedit
Farmer deaths were an old problem and the Narendra Modi government had taken many steps to alleviate the difficulties of the cultivators, Union minister Suresh Prabhu said today.
Andhra likely to get boost in farm sectoredit
The agriculture sector in Andhra Pradesh is likely to get a boost as Chief Minister N Chandrababu Naidu held discussions with agri business experts from Germany to upgrade technology in the agri sector in the State during his Singapore tour on Sunday.
Farmers can expect another ‘good news’ in coming days: MoS Agriedit
Days after the government hiked the MSP for kharif crops, Minister of State for Agriculture Gajendra Singh Shekhawat today said the Prime Minister would give another “good news” to farmers in the coming days.
MSP and loan waivers: Historic or rhetoric?edit
Last week, newspapers were full of ‘pro-farmer’ headlines. One day, it was about the historic ‘Minimum Support Price at 150 per cent of cost’, the other day, it was about the ₹34,000-crore farm-loan waiver in Karnataka, with Bank of America Merrill Lynch estimating the total farm-loan waiver in the next one year to be around $40 billion. Overall, it proved again that MSPs and loan waivers make the biggest headlines for agriculture. While some believe that the MSP step is historic, others have dismissed it as the new rhetoric.