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In the new financial year, review your fund portfolio

4 min read . 13 Mar 2018

US Trade Representative Robert Lighthizer. USTR has threatened in the past to downgrade India to a ‘priority foreign country’, which could invite sanctions. Photo: AFP

Donald Trump’s trade war may extend to IPR ‘violators’

3 min read . 09 Mar 2018

Kaveri Seeds’ revenues during the June quarter are up 20%. Graphic: Subrata Jana/Mint

Kaveri Seed’s diversification welcome, but implementation is key

2 min read . 11 Aug 2017

Founded in 1929 as a coal mining company, the KCT Group currently has a diversified portfolio of businesses with interests in sectors ranging from coal, infrastructure, real estate, manufacturing and aquaculture.

KCT Group looks to sell off renewable energy portfolio

2 min read . 08 Aug 2017

Kedar Sirohi, founder-member of the Aam Kisan Union. Photo: Abhijit Bhatlekar/Mint

Meet Kedar Sirohi, the man who helped Madhya Pradesh farmers speak up

4 min read . 03 Jul 2017

Fear and uncertainty around GST rollout, in addition to a bumper harvest and demonetisation, has contributed to a sharp drop in farm commodity prices. Photo: Mint

Has fear, uncertainty around GST contributed to fall in crop prices?

3 min read . 28 Jun 2017

Buddha Singh, district president of the Bharatiya Kisan Union (BKU) in Mathura. Farmers are now preparing to launch a statewide protest against the Yogi Adityanath government under BKU. Photo: Pradeep Gaur/Mint

Uttar Pradesh farmers worried over farm loan waiver conditions

4 min read . 27 Jun 2017

Farmers at Mandsaur mandi in Madhya Pradesh. Anger among farmers rose after 8 November, when traders started making electronic payments instead of paying in cash. Photo: Abhijit Bhatlekar/Mint

Why didn’t Madhya Pradesh farmers gain from farm growth?

6 min read . 26 Jun 2017

The Karnataka government has agreed farm loan waivers worth Rs8,165 crore, or up to Rs50,000 per farmer borrowed from cooperative banks. Photo: Hemant Mishra/Mint

Farm loan waiver may give Karnataka farmers easier access to credit

3 min read . 22 Jun 2017

Madhya Pradesh CM Shivraj Singh Chouhan. Photo: HT

Farm stir Shivraj Singh Chouhan’s big test before polls

3 min read . 20 Jun 2017

An APMC sub-market for onions at Niphad district in Nashik. Fruits and vegetables are not among some 28 farm commodities which get a government-fixed minimum support price. Photo: Abhijit Bhatlekar/Mint

In Maharashtra, demand grows for a minimum support price for all farm produce

5 min read . 19 Jun 2017

Farmers protest in Jabalpur, Madhya Pradesh, on Sunday. Last year, farmer agitations were seen in Maharashtra, Rajasthan, Tamil Nadu, Uttar Pradesh and Karnataka. Photo: PTI

Instead of farm loan waivers, invest more in agricultural infrastructure

5 min read . 16 Jun 2017

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1 min read . 16 Jun 2017

While Madhya Pradesh’s farm performance is impressive, the distribution of gains seems to have been inadequate and unequal. Photo: Mint

Why are Madhya Pradesh farmers protesting despite record growth?

2 min read . 16 Jun 2017

Karnail Singh, a potato farmer from Haryana who has lost Rs9 lakh in one season. Photos: Sayantan Bera/Mint

Calls for farm loan waiver in Haryana as potato prices crash, farmer debt surges

6 min read . 15 Jun 2017

The lack of supportive prices and the consequent slowdown in farm earnings seems to have upset the land-owning class the most. Photo: Mint

Why are farmers protesting despite bumper harvests?

3 min read . 14 Jun 2017

A hoarding at Maharashtra’s Puntamba village hails farmers’ victory and unity, a day after the state government announced a total farm loan waiver. Photo:Abhijit Bhatlekar/Mint

Puntamba: The Maharashtra village that triggered the farm loan waiver stir

4 min read . 13 Jun 2017

Maghar Singh sold his tractor, harvester and other equipment after deciding not to farm any more. Photo: Sayantan Bera/Mint

Small farmers struggle for survival in Punjab

9 min read . 11 May 2015

Hanuman Kumar now rues his decision to switch to kinnows, as the absence of a safety net to cover risks has left him worse off than when he was farming cotton. Photo: Ramesh Pathania/Mint

From cotton to kinnows: new crops, age-old misery

7 min read . 15 May 2015

The tomato leafminer (Tuta absoluta) originated in Latin America. Photo: Hemant Mishra/Mint

Fingernail-sized pest poses most serious threat to tomato crop

8 min read . 30 Apr 2015

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