March 24, 2021

Agriculture Industry

Designing India’s reform agendaedit

Financial Express – Online

In some respects, India’s government is following a bolder reform agenda than ever before. On the input side, reforms in land and labour markets are making progress, in different ways. In terms of sectors of the economy, the government has pushed its Make in India agenda for industry, albeit supported by a somewhat backward-looking trade regime of higher tariffs. It has focused on the technological frontier with its Digital India initiative, and encouraged foreign direct investment, which can bring in knowhow as well as financial capital. It has normalised privatisation of public sector firms that have subpar performance. All this is good.

But, as I argued in my last column, the agricultural market reforms illustrate a weakness in the reform ...

Farmers should be given Premium Subsidies instead of Water and Electricity Subsidiesedit

Krishi Jagran – Online

Because our economy is based on primary agriculture, Indian farmers are the backbone of our nation’s economy. According to a poll, India is one of the best countries for agriculture and cultivation. However, despite their significant contribution to the nation’s economy, Indian farmers have been a neglected community for decades.

Harassment of Indian farmers is a daily occurrence. India is the world’s largest producer of wheat, rice, pulses, and spices, with plenty of room for expansion in the agricultural industry. Farmers’ financial situation will improve if they receive a guaranteed minimum support price for their produce, if trading becomes digital or online, and the middle person who exchanges products from farmers to factories or from manufacturers to farmers is ...

India’s new farm laws mirror international financial institutions’ vision of agricultureedit

BrettonWoods Project – Online

For more than 100 days, thousands of farmers in India have been in the streets protesting three new farm laws introduced in parliament. The new laws open the agriculture sector to reforms advocated by international financial institutions (IFIs), particularly the World Bank and IMF. Farmer organisations have slammed the bill for its neoliberal orientation, which will result in the destruction of existing wholesale markets and the corporatisation of agriculture. They have organised unprecedented opposition to demand a repeal of the laws.

In January 2021, farmers marched to Delhi with a rally of more than 100,000 tractors.  They continue their protest in the Delhi outskirts where a satyagraha (passive resistance) is taking place. The government claims the new laws will bring more choice ...

We cannot think of practicing Agriculture without Water: Parshottam Rupalaedit

Krishi Jagran – Online

Union Minister of State for Agriculture & Farmers’ Welfare, Parshottam Rupala while addressing the celebrations of “World Water Day – 2021” virtually organized by the Indian Council of Agricultural Research (ICAR) said,  “We cannot think of practicing agriculture without water”.

Rupala underlined many facets of water in human life along with the significance of rivers like Ganga, Yamuna etc., in Indian Culture. The Minister also highlighted the role of women in water management and emphasized on the need to incorporate water as part of school level education.

Secretary (DARE) & DG (ICAR), Dr. Trilochan Mohapatra emphasized on the importance of Rivers in human civilizations. He urged for water harvesting & storage, selection of right methods for ...

Why India’s Farmers Fight to Save a Broken Systemedit

The New York Times – Online

The farmer sat in the house his grandfather built, contemplating economic ruin.

Jaswinder Singh Gill had plowed 20 years of savings from an earlier career as a mechanical engineer into his family’s nearly 40-acre plot in the northwestern Indian state of Punjab, just a dozen miles from the border with Pakistan. He has eked rice out of the sandy, loamy soil with the help of generous government subsidies for 15 years, in hopes that his son and daughter may someday become the sixth generation to work the land.

Then India suddenly transformed the way it farms. Prime Minister Narendra Modi last year pushed through new laws that would ...

Tractor industry

Higher tractor sales, defence order book drive M&M stockedit

LiveMint – Online

Mahindra and Mahindra Ltd’s shares have trebled from a year-ago. The well-performing tractors business helped beat returns of some of its peers. Recently, the company also won a large order worth ₹1,056 crore from the ministry of defence. M&M’s subsidiary Mahindra Defence Systems Ltd (MDS) will be manufacturing and supplying armoured tactical vehicles (LSVs) for the Indian Army.

Sonalika Launches ‘Toofani Dhamaka’ Campaignedit

Everything Experiential  – Online

Sonalika Tractors, India’s fastest growing tractor brand and No. 1 Exports brand from the country, is a preferred choice of every Indian farmer. With a focussed approach to serve the farming community with superior technology products, Sonalika develops innovative farm solutions that boost farmer’s confidence in introducing smart farming techniques at their farms. Sonalika Tractors recently launched an interesting new campaign, “Toofani Dhamaka” featuring Bollywood actor Gulshan Pandey to spread the message of adopting new-age technologies.

Sonalika Tractors introduces amazing offers at regular intervals for farmers to adopt advanced technologies and bring farm prosperity by increasing their productivity as well as income level. The new campaign by Sonalika has received a huge response from the audience ...

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