Media Monitor
Agriculture Industry
Farm Bills brazenly crushes Bengal’s pro-farmer initiatives: Agri expertsedit
Millennium Post – Online
The carefully woven policy of the Mamata Banerjee government to benefit both the farmers and consumers will be brazenly crushed by the anti-farmers policy of the Centre. According to the agriculture experts, in the name of benefitting the farmers what has been passed on “Black Sunday” in Rajya Sabha will actually strengthen the hands of hoarders and the middlemen and the final losses will be of farmers and the marginal ones.
New laws, a game-changer for agricultureedit
The Hindu Business Line – Online
The recently passed ordinances create rules for farmers to engage with businesses. But small farmers may not benefit
Southwest monsoon to begin retreat from next week after late stayedit
The Economic Times – Online
The southwest monsoon will start withdrawing from Rajasthan next week, marking the end of the season, where crop planting rose to a record, which has raised hopes of a big boost in rural demand after a bumper harvest.
Lower MSP rise shows govt’s aim to balance farmer, consumer interests: Nomuraedit
The Economic Times – Online
Financial services company Nomura on Wednesday said that lower minimum support price (MSP) increase reflects lower input costs of production this year (fertilisers, diesel), higher buffer stocks (rice and wheat) and also the government’s aim to balance the interests of farmers and consumers.
MSP Debate May Have Little Impact On India’s Macroeconomicsedit
Bloomberg Quint – Online
The government’s attempt to bring changes to the agricultural market is mired in debate with questions being raised on the impact of proposed changes on the farm community.
Few farmers really worry about MSPedit
The Financial Express – Online
Given the furore created over the link between the APMC reforms and the possible discontinuation of the Centre’s Minimum Support Price (MSP) operations—the government has continuously asserted MSPs will continue—it is natural to feel MSPs are critical to the well-being of the farm sector. The truth, however, is that MSPs are largely irrelevant, they matter just to a small number of farmers in a small number of north Indian states like Haryana and Punjab.
Govt. Policies
Farm Bills offer revolutionary changes,says agriculture expertedit
The Financial Express – Online
The farm sector Bills offer “revolutionary” changes benefiting the farmers and help break the network of middlemen, money-lenders and market operators, an agriculture expert said on Wednesday. Former Director of the Institute for Social and Economic Change, Prof.R S Deshpande said the farmer would now be able to sell produce across the country in any market of his or her choice at the price negotiated with the purchaser.
Farm Bills reveal an inexplicable insensitivity and ingratitude towards farmersedit
The Indian Express – Online
The SAD has a history of making sacrifices in defence of the toiling and beleaguered farmers. It has a legacy to live up to. In the interest of our country, we still hope that the government would agree to withdraw these bills and reintroduce them in amended form.