Business Today

Punjab State Farmers’ and Farm Workers’ Commission (PSFC), a statutory body constituted by the Punjab government, may propose a series of governance reforms and technology interventions to uplift the financial and social status of the agriculture dependent population of the state.

Business Standard

The government’s move to expand MGNREGA for creation of durable assets in post- and pre-harvesting agriculture operations has raised doubts on whether it would lead to using farm labour for big private land at the cost of public exchequer, which could dilute the entire premise on which the Act has been framed.

The Pioneer

Despite prediction of normal monsoon this year, things are not looking good as far as eastern and North-eastern parts of the country are concerned. Several parts of Bihar and Uttar Pradesh, two main States of paddy crop, are facing drought-like situation due to shortage of rainfall.

Financial Express

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”.