Need for real-time dynamic distress index of farmers: NABARD study on farm loan waivers
The study concludes that farm loan waiver is more of a quick fix than a permanent solution.
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Farmer agitation called off after Centre agrees to demands
Dissenting farmers will withdraw from the borders of Delhi and other locations; celebrations postponed as a mark of respect towards CDS Rawat’s demise.
Year-old farmer agitation to be called off today
The home ministry proposal includes formation of a committee to thrash out a mechanism to guarantee minimum support price for agricultural produce.
Centre to table bill to repeal farm laws in Lok Sabha today
The PM, in his address, had appealed to farmers to end the stir. However, upping the ante, farmer groups retorted that the protest will be withdrawn only when the Centre formulates a law on MSP.
UP paddy farmers earn ₹34,000/acre less: AIKS forges divide before polls
The farmer group demands a law to make procurement at MSP rates, using the formula by the Swaminathan Commission.
Farm laws: Farmer groups remind guaranteed MSP still pending
Farmer groups welcome the decision but have said the demand for a statutory guarantee of remunerative prices for all agricultural produce for all farmers remains unfulfilled.
Budget 2021: FM tries to appease farmers’ angst
In an attempt to make peace with farmers amid the ongoing protests over farm laws, Sitharaman proposes an increase in agricultural credit target to ₹16.5 lakh crore in FY22.
Bharat Bandh: Mixed response, protest goes on
The Bharat bandh on Tuesday, December 8 went of peacefully. Fortune India travelled across NCR in order to photograph the progress of the bandh, and also to chronicle the mood in the protest sites.
Winter of discontent: Farmers intensify protest
Farmers, especially from the neighbouring states, have assembled near the Delhi border for a protest. Fortune India visited the epicentre to chronicle its growing intensity.
Reforms necessary to make India self-reliant
In the time of Covid-19, policies and regulations need to be overhauled to achieve the goal of Atmanirbhar Bharat.
