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Agriculture Industry
Opinion: Analysing the Green Revolution’s outcry over farm laws, the bone of contention, and the possible negotiationsedit
Jagran English – Online
When the three contentious farm bills got President’s assent and turned into laws on September 27 last year, little did the government know that it will spark a rage of anger among the farmers, especially from parts of the northern India.
What started as small-scale protests, mostly in Punjab, way back in August 2020, escalated to few other north Indian states by October with farmers from Haryana, Madhya Pradesh and Rajasthan too joining in.
Delhi – the epicentre and victim of the many protests – once again turned into a fortress with its borders being flocked by tens of thousands of farmers, who have been protesting against the ‘liberalisation’ of agriculture, instead of celebrating their new ...
The Peril of Overlooking the Environmental Crises Behind the Farmers’ Protestsedit
The Science Wire – Online
I’m going to do a slightly substantial thread on Sadanand Dhume’s piece for the Wall Street Journal because I am quite disturbed at the flex the debate is taking (February 4, 2021). The problems in the piece go far beyond a debate on how “gentle” the government has been on the farmers.
To quote from the article:
Free electricity has led farmers in Punjab to lower the water table dangerously by pumping groundwater to grow rice in a traditionally wheat-producing nation.
This causation is misrepresented. There’s a history to this. During the Green Revolution Punjab and Haryana moved to the wheat-paddy cultivation cycle from their traditional crops. This was encouraged and as we all know from ...
‘Don’t Be On Wrong Side Of History’: 20 Ex-Indian IFS Ocers Back Farm Laws In Open Letter To WTOedit
Logical Indian – Online
A group of 20 former Indian Foreign Service (IFS) ocers have jointly written an open letter to the World Trade Organisation (WTO) backing the three farms laws passed by the Indian Parliament. The group of ocers criticised the political groups and legislators from the USA, UK, the European Union and others who have blended their support to the ongoing Indian farmer’s agitation, The Indian Express reported. “Sustainable agriculture demands that farmers adopt the latest technology to diversify their production and the farm laws passed by the Indian Government is a step in this direction,” the former IFS ocers said while backing the provision of minimum support price (MSP) which has come under the radar by the ...
Technology in Agriculture
‘Emerging Trends & Open Spaces in Agritech’: The/Nudge Centre for Social Innovation presents riveting discussion on farmer-centric innovationedit
NewsX – Online
The/Nudge Centre for Social Innovation presented an unmissable discussion on ‘Emerging Trends & Open Spaces in Agritech’ with an aim to spark farmer-centric innovation that improves the economic, social, and environmental outcomes and increase income of small and marginal farmers in Indian Agriculture. NewsX was joined by the expert panel which included Anil Kumar SG, Founder & CEO, Samunnati, Mark Kahn, Managing Partner, Omnivore and Sudha Srinivasan, CEO, The/Nudge Centre for Social Innovation. The event was moderated by Priya Sahgal, Senior Executive Editor at ITV Network.
In an attempt to build a better future for our farmers and focusing on especially the small, marginal and women farmer, Sudha Srinivasan, CEO, The/Nudge Centre for Social Innovation kickstarted the ...
Govt. Policies
Laws that have distorted agriculture and labour markets need to goedit
Indian Express – Online
There was once a leading economic power whose textile and manufactured products ruled the world’s markets. But the country’s welfare policies enacted to protect certain sections were captured by select groups to preserve the status quo for decades. The great economic power declined, leading a new government to dismantle the entrenched “welfare policies”. Widespread protests followed, bringing the whole country to a halt. Naysayers (who today stand to lose the benefits from regulatory capture) are more vocal than aye-sayers, who are the silent majority and stand to gain due to more widespread growth. Does this sound familiar?
This is not the story of India but the UK. The winter of discontent of 1979 was followed by ...
ICAR Integrated Farming System Models can Increase Farmers’ Income by 2-3 times in 3 to 4 years: Narendra Singh Tomaredit
Krishi Jagran – Online
Union Minister of Agriculture and Farmers Welfare, Narendra Singh Tomar in Rajya Sabha said that the Indian Council of Agricultural Research Institutes and Krishi Vigyana Kendras have taken steps to develop and promote sustainable farming practices in India through use of technology.
ICAR has created 63 Integrated Farming System (IFS) models by involving various ICAR Institutes, State Agri Universities & farming community of 18 states. These models that have the potential to increase farmers’ income by 2 -3 times in 3 to 4 years are suitable to 26 States and Union Territories in the Country.
Tractor industry
M&M rallies 19% in four days, hits fresh 52-wk high on strong tractor salesedit
Business Standard – Online
Shares of Mahindra & Mahindra hit a fresh 52-week high of Rs 893 on the BSE aftre rallying 7 per cent on Thursday. The stock has surged 19 per cent in the past four days after reporting strong tractor sales volume of 35,000 units for January 2021, up 50 per cent over the same month previous year. The stock is 10 per cent away from its all-time high level of Rs 992, touched on August 30, 2018.
At 10:37 am, M&M was trading 5 per cent higher at Rs 877 on the BSE, as compared to 0.4 per cent decline in the S&P BSE Sensex. The trading volumes on the counter more-than-doubled with a combined 8.7 million equity ...