Rising Kashmir

At least two finance ministers of the state (in previous two governments) promised to get Jammu and Kashmir out of the liabilities and make stronger the economic backbone of the state. Promises about reducing the burden on state exchequer and fixing the derailed economic structure of the state is a la mode of the political cult that assumes power in Srinagar. With the dearth of institutions that could play vital role in reviving the state’s crippled economy, eyes have been mostly fixed on banking in the state. A former finance minister realizing the importance of banking in uplifting the people, urged banks to come out with innovative credit schemes to provide hassle free lending facilities to the ...

Daily Excelsior

“An organic farmer is the best peacemaker today, because there is more violence, more death, more destruction, more wars, through a violent industrial agricultural system. And to shift away from that into an agriculture of peace is what organic farming is doing.” – Vandana Shiva

Business Today

A new industrial policy, incentives to promote manufacturing in key employment generating sectors, rationalisation of direct tax rates and speeding up of mega-infrastructure projects across sectors etc are amongst the hundreds of suggestions that are reaching the Prime Minister’s Office (PMO) from individual central government departments these days.

The Economic Times

India is an agriculture-based country. The agricultural sector provides a livelihood to over 50% of India’s population. In fact, the sector contributes 18% to the country’s GDP. However, the agricultural sector needs proper irrigation facilities and other amenities to reap proper benefits. The major constraint in this sector is farmers’ dependency on pumps for irrigation. Most of the farmers use pumps some of which are connected to the grid while some pumps run on diesel and other fossil fuels.  ..

Moneycontrol

Post a clear electoral mandate, it is now time for a reality check. The second term of the ruling party comes with string of challenges and this will be an actual testing time of performance against promises.

The Better India

About 16 kilometres from the busy city of Gurugram in Mankrola lies Sehrawat Organic Farm. Spread across 30 acres, this integrated farm propagates the use of innovative and progressive techniques while combining them with traditional agriculture.

UNI

Uttar Pradesh government, after a 78 days lull due to clamping of election model code of conduct, was on work from Monday, and in a first state agriculture department held review meeting in the state capital to monitor about the coming Kharif season

Business Standard

The recent slowdown in the economy stem not only from slow investment growth and subdued exports but also from weakening growth in consumption demand, industry body Ficci has told the Finance Ministry

The Times of India

India’s stark reality is that 63.5% of agricultural households in rural areas of the country rely on cultivation as their principal source of income as per NSSO data. Yet the contribution of this sector is just 17% to the country’s Gross Domestic Product (GDP). Now that Prime Minister Narendra Modi has won yet another historic mandate to govern the country for the next five years, the time is now ripe to make a tectonic shift in its approach towards agriculture and empowering farmers.