Media Monitor
Agriculture Industry
Farm Revolution 2.0: How Farm Bills can unlock the vast potential of India’s agriculture sectoredit
Daily O – Online
India Today Editor-in-Chief Aroon Purie examines the implications of the farm legislations on a sector untouched by reform for decades, in the November 9, 2020 edition of the India Today Magazine.
Delhi’s air pollution could have a fix in behavioural economicsedit
QZ – Online
That Delhi has some of the worst air in the world is now a well-established fact and a part of the mainstream discourse. And yet, every year, the air quality index veers into the red zone and sends India’s north into emergency mode.
Sustainable agriculture primary aim of the Punjab govt: additional chief secretaryedit
Hindustan Times – Online
Sustainable agriculture and prosperity of farmers is the only objective of the government, said Anirudh Tewari, additional chief secretary (development), while interacting with officials of Punjab Agricultural University (PAU) on Thursday.
Govt. Policies
Rice with zinc, wheat with protein — Bio-fortified crops can fight India’s hidden hungeredit
The Print – Online
Hidden hunger, or micronutrient deficiency, is a leading global problem. Prime Minister Narendra Modi released 17 bio-fortified varieties of eight crops this month on World Food Day, which can increase the nutritional value of food staples three-fold.