Category: Agriculture

As sugarcane farmers punished by sugar factories and the governments! Biodiesel policy won’t work if it threatens food security! PM on his South African tour was publicised as talking of biofuels at the Brazil, S.Africa and India summit. But this is just public rations exercise only. Ethnol, biodiesel and green diesel! Do you know the…

Proceeded by farmer’s suicide in Amravati! After PM’s Vidarbha package what hopes for farmers even if elections come? President’s prodding’s must help and the public would be interested to know the results! Surely, our economic reforms haven’t worked in favour of the farmers, the disadvantaged who live outside the cities. At least in the cities…

The new land rights in the time of Nandigrams and SEZs! Yes, so many new developments in the last few months! The Nandigram fires are not yet out. There is an undercurrent of new fermament. Across a wide spectrum of opinion and political self-survival! The CPI (M) could not have dreamt of such a turnout…

FDI is growing in a big way. Projected to be Rs.1,300 crore by 2009! VC funds, innovative agro technologies can change the face of Indian agri/food sectors. Subodh Kant Sahay, Minister for food processing. Wants to create more agro-entrepreneurs! All agri universities must start agro entrepreneur’s courses! One of the unsung heroes of the Indian…

Or, the kind of economic growth really matters? Why our policy makers haven’t promoted all-round growth? The Prime Minister talks of inclusive growth. Fine. But why the inclusive growth is not happening? Why some segments are outside the growth story? For instance, agriculture? Why even the rate of employment growth. As per the latest data…

What the government can do? And doesn’t yet do in agriculture? What the private sector can do now in agriculture? Indian agriculture, after 60 years of freedom, is now poised for some structural changes. These changes are likely to be brought about more by the private sector initiatives rather than by the conscious government policy…

If Ministers pursue their own glories! Their portfolios fail to deliver! Agri minister is now known for his big money business of cricket than for his political acumen and decision-making. So too his colleague, the Finance minister. This not-so-experienced youngish lawyer’s entry into politics and that too into the highly important portfolio of finance has…

It is an irony that as we type this note comes the news that RBI had punished 7 banks, private, foreign and PSU banks for violating IPO norms! The fines for the IPO scams run from Rs.25 lakhs to 5 lakhs. The point is that some of the superstars are also found to be indulging…