The Economic Times

As India heads for Lok Sabha elections, issues relating to jobless growth and farm distress are haunting the ruling NDA government. The common perception is that both these factors are responsible for widening income inequality in India. Oxfam International Report 2019, however, argues that this worsening income distribution is a global phenomenon.

Hindustan Times

That was the first reaction of almost everyone I met on a vacation in the southern hill town of Madikeri, Karnataka. It is almost as if the national capital conjures up just this one vision: of people in masks walking under a smog-laden sky, quite like the spectacle of Beijing’s ‘airpocalypse’.

Mydigitalfc.ocom

Breast beating about agrarian distress is the flavour of the poll season. The crisis has been building over decades and has reached a tipping point. Quick fix solutions like loan waivers may be good options, but are unlikely to make a dent on the problem. The population explosion and lack of structural and factor reforms have resulted in the agriculture sector, which contribute about 17-18% of the GDP being forced to support more than 50% of the country’s population. A demographic disaster is staring the country. Loan waivers by state governments are a manifestation of ‘the goalkeeper’s dilemma’ i.e.being perceived as acting in a crisis, without caring for the outcomes. Such waivers have been unsuccessfully experimented with earlier, ...

The Hindu

Former deputy chairman of the Planning Commission of India (now NITI Aayog), Montek Singh Ahluwalia has suggested large-scale reforms, including scientific and policy support for improving productivity and profitability, to revive the agriculture sector in the country.

Krishijagran

I worked as a media person and a writer who would share her opinions about various issues and trends concerning the urban population of the nation. While I was exploring options for a job change I came across an interesting and challenging opportunity of understanding the needs of a completely different target group i.e. the farmers! Without having any agriculture background, I joined Gramophone, an AgTechstartup that aims to solve real problems faced by farmers in India. My team at Gramophone provides assistance to more than 150,000 farmers for growing their crops in a better way.

NDTV

Union Agriculture Minister Radha Mohan Singh on Sunday alleged that the previous UPA government ignored the recommendations of the Swaminathan Commission for setting up of a second Indian Agriculture Research Institute (IARI).

The Times of India

Members of as many as 40 organisations of sharecroppers, marginal and small farmers, including those affiliated with the Left parties, RJD and Congress will take out a march in Patna on February 18 during the winter session of the assembly to press for their demands and highlight the ‘anti-farmer’ policies of the Centre and the Nitish Kumar government.

Millennium Post

After the surprising state assembly results of Chhattisgarh, Madhya Pradesh and Rajasthan, the upcoming interim Budget is quite unlikely to be a traditional vote-on-account.