1 Feb, 2021
India Budget 2021: While intent is good, execution and timing is a concern.
Ajay Jakhar expresses concern about the timing if Budget actions.
20 Jan, 2021
FAO & NITI AYOG ‘National Dialogue Indian Agriculture Towards 2030’
Responding to the paper on ‘Transforming Indian Agriculture’ by @agulati115 and Ritika Juneja on Pathways for Enhancing Farmers’ Income, Nutritional Security and Sustainable Food Systems.
22 Dec, 2020
Budget Expectations 2020-2021
BKS seeks hike in urea price, cut in P&K nutrients rates in Budget for balanced use of fertilisers.
15 Oct, 2020
New York Times Events ‘Netting Zero: Driving Solutions for Climate-Ready food Systems’.
Reimagining Food Systems to Meet the Climate Challenge
1 Oct, 2020
Centre For Policy Research Thought Space
Why are Farmers Protesting Against the Government’s Agricultural Reforms? With Mekhala Krishnamurthy and Yamini Aiyar.
22 Jul, 2020
From food security to nutritional self-reliance
India is failing on the nutritional self-sufficiency score and policy-makers should correct strategy stance, empowering the farmer to produce for nutritional adequacy.
18 Jun, 2020
Harvesting Uncertainties – Small stimulus; fevered farms
The pandemic has deepened the farm crisis and the stimulus pales into insignificance when compared to inexorable disenfranchisement of the farmer.
18 Jun, 2020
Farm Sector – Hasty ordinances; hurtful impact
The farm ordinances fail to resolve the dilemma of depressed farmer livelihoods even while amputating the ameliorative measures earlier built into the system.
6 May, 2020
Indian bureaucracy: Neither responsible nor wise
The lockdown impacts different farming spaces differently and unless the bureaucracy consults the affected stakeholders the farm sector crisis will only deepen.
24 Apr, 2020
India flounders as bureaucracy bloats
As the Indian economy flounders the bigotry of those who make policy for the affluent only eats into the core of Indian society.
