Tag: agrarian crisis
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Temples can play role in tackling farm crisis
The sixteen most revered and rich temples have assets with annual donations running in billions of dollars which could be gainfully utilised to resolve the agrarian crisis
January 6, 2019 -
Thousands of farmers march from Thane to Mumbai, demand land rights, loan waiver
Magsaysay award winner Dr Rajendra Singh, also known as Waterman of India, is among the marchers.
November 21, 2018 -
Long-lasting solution to farmers’ issues soon: Prakash Javadekar
A few farmer organisations have also called for boycott of wholesale markets in states like Punjab, Haryana, Rajasthan, Uttar Pradesh, Madhya Pradesh and Maharashtra.
June 2, 2018 -
Crops to Ashes
Odisha, as a predominantly rural state, now confronts an agrarian crisis. Not that there has been a shortfall in production after a spell of drought; the plight of the peasantry has deepened with the burning of the standing paddy crop ~ infested with pests ~ in the relatively backward western and southern districts. In the …
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November 8, 2017 -
Agriculture is in a crisis and farmers will not remain silent: former ICAR chief
The central and state governments should pump in about Rs 50,000 crore ($7.5 billion) to transform half a million or one million hectares of fallow land into farmland and create the right atmosphere for private investment to rid the country of the ongoing agrarian crisis, says an eminent agricultural scientist. “India is facing an agrarian …
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September 20, 2017 -
‘India is heading for an agrarian crisis’
Former Director General of the Indian Council of Agriculture Research and ex-secretary of the Department of Agriculture Research and Education, Mangala Rai has devoted more than 44 years to the agriculture sector. In 2008, he replaced MS Swaminathan as head of the National Academy of Agriculture Sciences (NAAS), a premier body of over 460 eminent …
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August 12, 2017 -
‘Every party goes through a bad patch’
Veteran Congress leader and two-time chief minister of Madhya Pradesh Digvijay Singh is currently general secretary of the party and a member of the Rajya Sabha. In an interview to SRI KRISHNA, he spoke on the prevailing political scenario and the alleged failure of the Narendra Modi government to handle the agrarian crisis as also …
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August 4, 2017 -
11,400 farmers committed suicide in 2016: Minister
Union Agriculture Minister Radha Mohan Singh on Wednesday said as many as 11,400 farmers committed suicide in 2016. "According to National Crime Records Bureau data for 2016, which is yet to be published, 11,400 farmers committed suicide. In 2015, the number was 12,602," he said in his reply after a discussion in the Lok Sabha …
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July 19, 2017 -
No quick-fixes again to farmer unrest, please
Recent UN reports project that by 2050, global population will rise from the current total of 7 billion to about 9 billion. It means that another one billion tonnes of cereals and 200 million extra tonnes of livestock products will be necessary annually to meet the growing demand. The imperative for such tremendous agricultural boost …
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June 26, 2017 -
Farm loan waiver a relief, not a solution: Sainath
Veteran journalist P Sainath on 11 June described farm loan waiver as a relief but not a solution to agrarian crisis and accused the Modi government of not fulfilling its poll promise of implementing MS Swaminathan's recommendations. "It is very important to understand that the protests across the country by the farmers is not about loans …
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June 12, 2017 -
Muffled voice
An agrarian crisis confronts Odisha and the response of the administration in Bhubaneswar to the planned demonstration by farmers has been grossly disproportionate. Was it really necessary for the Naveen Patnaik government to mobilise almost the entire police force, based in the state capital, to counter what was billed as the “mega protest rally”? It …
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December 17, 2016