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SC panel to submit first report on boosting farm income by month-end

Recently, in its report on demand for grants (2024-25) tabled in the just-concluded Parliament session, the standing committee on agriculture, animal husbandry and food processing has backed the idea of legally guaranteed minimum support prices (MSP) for farm produce, calling it “essential”.

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Updated on Jan 03, 2025 09:12 am IST

Disconnect in farm governance: Bridge gap for sustainable growth

The lasting impact of the Green Revolution, pioneered by Punjab, Haryana, and Western Uttar Pradesh, continues to resonate through India’s agricultural landscape, a testament to its enduring success in eradicating hunger and freeing the nation from imposed food dependency. (Getty Images)

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Published on Sept 24, 2023 12:44 am IST

At 6.80%, unemployment rate in India lowest in 6 months: Report

Farmers busy sowing paddy in Prayagraj. (HT file)

Updated on Aug 01, 2022 10:03 pm IST

UP ropes in ‘progressive’ farmers from state to help raise farm incomes

From every district, the agriculture department will select 100 progressive farmers as role models for local farmers. They will also be given a platform to present their views, said the Uttar Pradesh government. (HT File photo)

Updated on Jan 04, 2021 12:06 pm IST

Why onion farmers often end up in tears

The fact that farmers lack the financial wherewithal to store crops, means that they are far less likely to have accumulated inventories to gain from these sudden spikes.

Updated on Sept 23, 2020 09:10 am IST

Punjab sows but will not reap

The soul of India lives in her villages, as was declared by the Mahatma. So, when laws are passed affecting the underlying substratum of agrarian life, there is bound to be turmoil. While legally permissible, the fact that the government first tried to sneak in these laws through ordinances as opposed to a properly debated legislation weakened confidence in them.

Updated on Sept 21, 2020 09:17 pm IST

Political economy of the opposition to agri reforms

Farmers in Punjab and Haryana, the richest agricultural states, which also account for the highest share of government procurement in India, are at the forefront of these protests.

Updated on Sept 21, 2020 03:55 am IST

Tracking monsoon variations across India

For India as a whole, a lot of rain seems to have fallen early in the season. For most of June, for example, the cumulative monsoon rainfall was in the “excess” category.

Updated on Aug 12, 2020 08:21 am IST

Extending PMGKY is the right step | HT Editorial

India’s poor spend more than half of their household budget on food

Updated on Jun 30, 2020 07:04 pm IST

Can politics shape revival of economy after Covid-19?

Farm workers in Noida thrash harvested paddy crop to separate the grains.

Updated on Jun 14, 2020 06:05 am IST

Soil health initiative weaning farmers off fertiliser overuse

Indian farmers have been overspraying subsidised chemical fertilisers on crops for decades, imperiling public health.

Updated on Feb 23, 2020 04:56 am IST

Budget: A four-point checklist for rural India

Unless the rural economy is rejuvenated, any sustained revival in mass incomes, and, therefore, demand, will continue to elude the Indian economy

Updated on Jan 22, 2020 07:37 pm IST

Raising farm incomes may top budget agenda

The Act imposes restrictions on the agricultural economy by limiting quantities traders can buy from farmers and hold as stock. (ANI Photo)

Updated on Jan 17, 2020 05:02 am IST

News updates from Hindustan Times: Food may get costlier due to global prices, kharif yield and all the latest news at this hour

Lower output isn’t the only reason for relatively higher food prices. India’s net export of food items, i.e. the value of exports minus value of imports, is falling.

Updated on Dec 18, 2019 08:56 am IST

The economic contraction | HT Editorial

The second factor at play is the squeeze on farm incomes through low inflation

Updated on Nov 12, 2019 06:20 pm IST

The politics of onion price rise | HT editorial

Even if left unattended, the onion price rally would have reversed in some time

Updated on Sept 26, 2019 09:29 pm IST

It’s a fact. We don’t want farmers to get rich | Opinion

A farmer harvesting his crop in a village in Punjab.

Updated on Sept 20, 2019 05:15 pm IST

Kharif output expected to fall this year

Subdued food inflation benefits consumers or net buyers of food items, but they also hurt farm incomes, especially because commodity prices are not keeping pace with rising costs of cultivation.

Updated on Sept 11, 2019 03:51 am IST

How bad is the slowdown? State of the economy explained in 10 charts

India’s gross domestic product (GDP) growth slowed to 5% in the quarter ended June.

Updated on Sept 08, 2019 11:45 am IST

The Big Picture:How deep is the crisis confronting the Indian economy?

Updated on Jun 25, 2020 12:37 am IST

There is an economic slowdown. Govt must first get its diagnosis right

India’s GDP growth plummeted to 5% in the first quarter of the current fiscal year.

Updated on Jun 25, 2020 12:33 am IST

Centre plans wider method to measure income of farmers

Not only have farm incomes remained subdued in the past four-five years, the sector’s growth is currently way below what is required to achieve a potential doubling of incomes coming out of agricultural activities.

Updated on Jun 21, 2020 10:31 pm IST

The monsoon shortfall won’t lead to food scarcity, but will hurt incomes

It’s a rather long expedition that nature undertakes each summer. Moisture-laden winds in the south-Pacific start racing northwards, preparing to travel more than 8,000 km to reach the Indian subcontinent on time.

Updated on Jul 24, 2019 06:41 pm IST

To spur rural development, India must make agriculture economically viable

Farmers have toiled hard to produce bumper harvests. And yet, with each passing year, the plight of a farming family has only worsened. Agriculture in reality has been a victim of macro-economic policies which aim at keeping food inflation low, provide cheaper raw material for the industry, and meet the obligations of international trade

Published on Jun 21, 2019 08:02 pm IST

India’s farmer income plan faces European Union scrutiny at WTO

Massive farm-support plans in the United States and India are being scrutinised by other World Trade Organization members

Updated on Jun 18, 2019 10:44 am IST

Farm relief, new MSP regime on govt’s to-do list

A farmer sitting beside dead Lime trees due to drought at Navegaon Village, Paithan in Marathwada, India, on Monday, April 25, 2016.

Updated on May 31, 2019 09:15 am IST

Lok Sabha elections 2019: PM-Kisan may go universal if NDA returns to power

An expansion of the Narendra Modi government’s cash-transfer scheme for small and marginal farmers, PM-Kisan, to cover all agricultural households is likely to be the incumbent National Democratic Alliance (NDA) government’s key farm plank if it returns to power.

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Updated on May 13, 2019 07:48 am IST

Lok Sabha elections 2019: How BJP plans to counter the caste arithmetic in Uttar Pradesh

Contact programmes have intensified following feedback from the RSS after the April 11 first phase of elections, where the overall polling percentage dipped from 2014’s 66.52% to 63.69%.

lok sabha election 2019

Updated on May 02, 2020 03:07 pm IST

Taxpayers will have to disclose more details in new income tax return forms

People stand in queue to file their IT returns on last day of financial year outside Income Tax office at BKC, Bandra in Mumbai, India.

Updated on Apr 06, 2019 09:22 am IST

Rahul Gandhi spells out his 2019 agenda

Congress president Rahul Gandhi in New Delhi, February 4, 2019.

Updated on Feb 05, 2019 08:00 am IST

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