The writer is chair professor for agriculture at ICRIER. Views are personal
December 25,2023 08:00:07 AM
If it stays the course, keeping an eye on growth with contained inflation, focusing more on investments and innovations than doles, this vision can materialise by 2047
Mon, Dec 25, 2023December 11,2023 07:35:42 AM
This is a lesson for other states as well as for policymakers at the Centre to keep agriculture on high priority
Mon, Dec 11, 2023November 27,2023 07:19:02 AM
Can the EC or SC form taxpayersâ committees in poll-bound states to evaluate how many of the promises made by major political parties are rational welfare measures, and how many are simply âbribes for votesâ to educate the electorate? Ultimately, it is taxpayersâ money
Fri, Dec 01, 2023November 11,2023 07:07:03 AM
Delhiâs pollution will also have to be tackled by replacing modes of transport, from fossil-fuel-based vehicles to electric vehicles, or at least 20 per cent ethanol blending in all Delhiâs petrol pumps
Sat, Nov 11, 2023October 30,2023 07:47:29 AM
There is no dearth of money being spent on agriculture or consumers to have food security. But the manner in which that money is spent is suboptimal. Our policy makers, in competitive populism mode, feel that they can come back to power through such doles
Mon, Oct 30, 2023October 16,2023 04:50:45 AM
It will require rewarding farmers to switch from irrigation-heavy crops like paddy and sugarcane to less water-intensive crops like millets, pulses and oilseeds
Mon, Oct 16, 2023October 03,2023 04:50:18 AM
Better technology and policies must be deployed to ensure farmers get their due. Abrupt export bans or stocking limits are not the best way forward
Tue, Oct 03, 2023September 29,2023 07:07:36 AM
Challenge today is to continue Swaminathan's legacy, improve farmers' profitability during times of climate change
Fri, Sep 29, 2023September 18,2023 05:20:43 AM
With Africaâs inclusion in G20, the challenges posed by rapid population growth, persistent poverty, and widespread undernourishment become more serious. Initiating a comparative analysis could foster South-South learning
Mon, Sep 18, 2023September 04,2023 07:00:35 AM
If India can demonstrate the application of precision technologies in space, with Chandrayaan-3 by spending a fraction of the cost that the US would incur, why canât the country use the same principle to develop technologies to help farmers overcome the challenges of extreme weather events?
Mon, Sep 04, 2023August 21,2023 07:45:23 AM
Accelerating economic growth and making it more inclusive, coupled with an increase in farm productivity, can help end malnutrition
Mon, Aug 21, 2023August 07,2023 07:45:14 AM
The real challenge for the government is to raise per capita incomes. And for politics to jettison competitive populism
Mon, Aug 07, 2023July 24,2023 07:16:15 AM
Export bans, stocking limits can be counterproductive. India needs to use import policy liberally
Mon, Jul 24, 2023July 10,2023 07:30:46 AM
India seems ready to take on El Nino. But vegetable prices are a matter of concern
Mon, Jul 10, 2023June 26,2023 07:00:47 AM
Itâs time that the deepening relations between the two expand to take on the challenges of climate change and food security
Tue, Jun 27, 2023June 12,2023 07:00:31 AM
Their performance in terms of GDP growth has been somewhat subdued compared to the UPA. But it has done better in taming inflation, keeping agri-growth respectable, and implementing welfare schemes.
Mon, Jun 12, 2023May 29,2023 07:35:39 AM
Savings from reduction in fertiliser and power subsidies can be ploughed into agricultural research, improve food and nutritional security in the face of climate change
Mon, May 29, 2023May 15,2023 07:00:31 AM
Inflation is coming down. But to account for the vagaries of the monsoon, policymakers must check the prices of cereals and milk
Mon, May 15, 2023May 01,2023 06:55:49 AM
PDS can be leveraged to provide beneficiaries with nutritious food, purchased through targeted electronic vouchers
Mon, May 01, 2023April 17,2023 06:55:00 AM
It can be kept under check if India uses trade policy wisely, and does not resort to knee-jerk methods
Mon, Apr 17, 2023April 03,2023 06:45:24 AM
If we use the right policy instruments, and well in time, both the farmersâ interests as well as the national interest of ensuring food security to its people can be adequately safeguarded
Wed, Apr 05, 2023March 20,2023 06:00:23 AM
India needs to navigate the inflation and growth puzzle carefully. Much of our food inflation is a supply-side phenomenon and tightening monetary policy further may not succeed in taming inflation.
Tue, Mar 21, 2023March 06,2023 06:05:58 AM
This can be done by increasing productivity through better seeds and better irrigation. It will have to be combined with unhindered access to the best markets
Mon, Mar 06, 2023February 20,2023 07:13:43 AM
A well-diversified portfolio in crops is behind the high growth in the state's farm sector. This is inclusive and sustainable and offers a path for other Indian states
Mon, Feb 20, 2023February 06,2023 07:10:08 AM
Ashok Gulati and Ritika Juneja write: The FM has announced an Agri-Focused Accelerator Fund. She also talked of creating digital public infrastructure for agriculture as an open-source, open-standard and interoperable public good.
Mon, Feb 06, 2023