Agriculture today is vastly changed and we need to understand the current world of agriculture! Indian agriculture, a field for pessimism or optimism? Agriculture is always on the top of the minds and tongues of Indian politicians, right? Even in the current unseemly political adventure in Maharashtra politics agriculture is talked about. Sharad Pawar the…
Author: V.Isvarmurti
Farmers, one more flip on the TV screens only?
When do we care for farmers, if at all?When Sharad Pawar goes to meet the PM? Yes, it looks so. The other day when the government formation in Maharashtra was at its most hectic pace, Sharad Pawar the senior most old Congress leader, now the chief of the much depleted Nationalist Congress party (NCP), was…
Democracy’s golden moments!
Sharad Pawar’s finest hour!A leader of unmatched character and why, even moral fibre at a time of such a serious crisis situation! Maharashtra developments, by any reckoning, is a watershed moment in the way the incumbent Central government demonstrated its new governing principles and strategies. The pre-dawn coup and the swift movements of exchanges of…
Making New Education Policy! For how long?
The Union Minister for Human Resources has informed the Rajya Sabha that the department has received more than two lakh suggestions on the proposed New Education Policy (NEP) and the same are being examined. The Minister, Ramesh Pokhriyal has also stated that the Ministry has also consulted all the state education ministers, besides secretaries and…
Indian education at the crossroads
More Indian students still go abroad for higher educationWhen will the foreign students come to India for education? How are our freedoms and creative energies threatened? Our universities, seniors and intellectuals are failing the common man. As I type these lines, I see on the TV screen, scenes of protest by JNU students in Delhi…
Farmers, one more flip on the TV screens only?
When do we care for farmers, if at all? When Sharad Pawar goes to meet the PM? Yes, it looks so. The other day when the government formation in Maharashtra was at its most hectic pace, Sharad Pawar the senior most old Congress leader, now the chief of the much depleted Nationalist Congress party (NCP),…
Agriculture as trade and diplomacy tools!
Indian agriculture’s much strength and many weaknesses!How far India has deployed agriculture sectors a political tool of trade and diplomacy? Indian agriculture matters in today’s world. India is now the world’s number one rice exporter. This has not been widely known. This must be made known widely. Now, the Indian domestic producers of commodities like…
New tools, technologies and innovative solutions!
Can help to revive agriculture! Indian Agriculture cries for action! The Nobel Prize winning Randomized control trial is one such new tool that could help boost agri production and productivity. Even there are other techs that could help to predict farm prices! Too many verbal promises and too little action programs! What do we have…