Cabinet nod for Food Bill Ordinance
Setting aside all opposition, the Union Cabinet on Wednesday approved a proposal to promulgate an ordinance on the National Food Security Bill that seeks to give legal rights to 67 per cent of the population
Setting aside all opposition, the Union Cabinet on Wednesday approved a proposal to promulgate an ordinance on the National Food Security Bill that seeks to give legal rights to 67 per cent of the population
The government on Thursday deferred the decision on bringing in an ordinance on the food security Bill and, instead, chose to engage the Opposition once more to drum up support to get the Bill passed in
BRUCE SPRINGSTEEN once sang about “going on the town now looking for easy money”. As easy money goes, it is hard to beat farm subsidies. Handouts for American farmers were a tasty $256 billion between
Consider the two best-known facts about India’s food economy. On the one hand, 42 percent of our little children are malnourished. On the other, our godowns are bursting with foodgrain. Can we join the
Ranchi, July 17: The BJP Kisan Morcha has demanded more agricultural subsidies for farmers, though it remains tight-lipped on whether the Arjun Munda government should withdraw value added tax (VAT) on pesticides. Farmers in Jharkhand are required to pay five per cent VAT on pesticides.
With the formation of the World Trade Organization in 1995, the United States farm subsidies had moved towards income support, reducing spending on price support measures. The explicit reason was that
This study, undertaken by IISD-GSI and ICF International, untangles the energy-water nexus by analyzing how subsidized electricity has incentivized groundwater extraction in Haryana, India. The research
A Brussels initiative to demand better environmental practices from landowners in exchange for billions of euros in agricultural subsidies has triggered a revolt by farmers, who complain it would push
Hyderabad: Governments across the world are trying to green their agricultural practices and make it less hazardous. The UK government recently decided to provide subsidies only to farmers who “earn it”
This paper studies the effects of public infrastructure investment in an unbalanced growing economy that is undergoing fundamental changes in the structure of production and employment.
Even as the government tries hard to rationalise its subsidy payout
<p>Input subsidies need to be contemplated with caution, with a clear consideration of the costs and benefits compared with conventional best practice of addressing market failures directly and using social policies to address social objectives with respect to poverty and food insecurity.</p>
Nashik: Noted economist H M Desarda expressed full support to the ongoing farmers' agitation, saying that the demand for complete loan waver is justified. Desarda, a former member of the Maharashtra
New DelhiThrough adoption of technique such as System of Rice Intensification (SRI), the country
Question raised in Lok Sabha on Subsidy for Solar System for Irrigation, 09/07/2019. Ministry of New & Renewable Energy (MNRE), has launched a scheme for assisting farmers for installation of solar pumps
STRONGLY opposing agriculture subsidies given by developed countries, Prime Minister Manmohan Singh today said, "The agricultural subsidies offered by developed industrial economies not only distort
In India, two thirds of the population depend on agriculture for their livelihoods. Yet, about 44% of India’s land area is degraded due to cultivation of marginal lands, improper crop rotations or deforestation
Even as the Centre prepares to implement its proposed national Food Security Act, States have expressed their unhappiness about the contours of the Bill, particularly the cap on the number of beneficiaries
NPF-2007 was formed after the recommendations of a National Commission on Farmers, headed by eminent agricultural scientist M S Swaminathan The government might form a panel to review the National
Cabinet unanimously approves scheme's rollout for 67% of population The United Progressive Alliance (UPA) government, in a year that will see six states going to polls, has chosen the ordinance route to launch its ambitious food security programme for almost two-thirds of the country’s population.