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The author is correspondent with BW Businessworld
Classification of land holdings in Punjab (as per last agriculture census) will clear doubts of, who will be the beneficiaries of this loan waiver?
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While there are no descanting voices in India for various farm subsidies by government and putting burden on state exchequer, the US President is surrounded by many questionable decisions in his first presidential tenure.
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We should learn from China, if any company invests in China for genetic research they ask them do it with Chinese partnership, says Deepak Pental, the scientist who spearheaded genetic engineering research for seeds and plants in India.
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In Maharashtra, Raju Shetty, an MP from Kolhapur, led a procession from Pune to Mumbai with thousands of farmers, forcing everyone to take notice. Following this, farmers’ unions called a seven-day strike in the state and threatened to stop grocery supplies.
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Tur pulse which had minimum price of Rs 1701 per quintal till June 6 is now selling at minimum of Rs 3300 per quintal.
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India is largely dependent on the edible oil imports where canola and soybean are mostly GM in nature, then why should we spare domestic farmers from practising sowing of GM seeds
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The recent past saw upsurge of farmers in Maharashtra and Tamil Nadu over demands of implementing Swaminathan Commission's recommendation and the protests are fast spreading their arms in other states as well
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“Prime minister Narendra Modi had promised during his pre-election rallies in Maharashtra about farmer welfare, its three years now, but the farmers are deceived again” Raju Shetty told BW Businessworld.
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The minister added that we have made 10.61 per cent recoveries as well, it was our pre-election commitment to farmers for modernisation and technological advancement in sugarcane production.
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Radha Mohan Singh, Minister of Agriculture and Farmer Welfare, speaks about the challenges and achievements of his ministry and the way forward
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