The Financial Express

When the new MSP regime was implemented in July, one of the common fears in the market was that the hikes would stoke inflation fears. Four months down the line, not only does this fear seems to have subsided, but serious concerns are now being raised over the continued decline in food prices. Food inflation in rural areas at an all-India level has been consistently declining and stood at 1.9% in FY19 (till November) as against 5.4% in FY15. While such decline/low single-digit inflation in food prices are a boon for consumers, it is bad news for farmers.

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Since 90 percent of the rural constituencies in Madhya Pradesh and Chhattisgarh and 70 percent in Rajasthan are agricultural, where the ruling party suffered a huge setback. Repeated farmers’ protest marches may have evoked little response, but an electoral debacle will not be, particularly when the 2019 general elections are looming large.

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Bihar Chief Minister Nitish Kumar on Thursday expressed concern over reports of stubble burning in some districts and called for urgent steps to check the practice. At a meeting held in the Chief Minister’s Secretariat, where the agriculture scenario of the state was reviewed, he also highlighted the need for herding stray cattle to “gaushalas” since cow dung and urine were required for organic farming.