Farmers Income News
Second shot: Could cooperative federalism revive Indian farm reforms?
The Centre’s last big moves to reform agriculture were rolled back. Getting Indian states to experiment with structural change, as a new draft policy sets out to do, is now worth a try. It may help soften farmer resistance to market orientation.
3 min read17 Dec 2024Apple seeds of discord: Farmers must not be trapped in a trade war
India raised and then lowered import tariffs on apples from the US, exposing local apple growers to policy instability. Their interests shouldn’t be collateral damage in a game of top-level diplomacy. Let’s align trade policy in domestic favour and refrain from arbitrary moves.
4 min read16 Dec 2024Above-normal monsoon to support 5% farm output growth this year: Niti Aayog’s Ramesh Chand
He added that robust farm output growth would require government intervention to ensure that prices of pulses on the open market do not fall below its procurement prices that are meant to support farmers.
3 min read31 Jul 2024Govt races to register 10,000 farmers’ producer organisations by year-end, ahead of Feb target
Each FPO will receive financial assistance of up to ₹18 lakh over three years. Additionally, the scheme involves a matching equity grant of up to ₹2,000 per farmer member, with a maximum of ₹15 lakh per FPO.
3 min read25 Jul 2024Farmers’ protest 2.0: SC Bar Association writes to CJI seeking suo moto action against ’erring farmers’
The SCBA suspects that the farmers’ protest is politically motivated and is causing hardship to the general public. They have urged the Supreme Court to take suo motu action and ensure that the farmers do not create any nuisance.
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Budget
The Union Budget contains details about the estimated receipts and the expenditure of the government for a particular fiscal year. The Budget is allotted for the upcoming fiscal year, which runs from 1st April to 31st March of the next year. Here is a quick guide on how the Union Budget is prepared