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.
12 Jun, 2020
Govt needs to the structural problems in Indian Agriculture
Rather than changing laws out of blue, govt should lay down a comprehensive, well thought out plan to improve farmers’ lives.
10 Jun, 2020
Farm laws: 3 farm laws are pro-agriculture but anti-farmers
Farmers are supporting these three anti-farmer farm laws.
28 May, 2020
Economic reforms defy its purpose
The Economic Reforms announced by the by Finance Ministry in 2020 won’t have much impact on farmers lives.
26 May, 2020
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.
20 Apr, 2020
On COVID relief packages
Allow #mgnrega for all farm work in fields of marginal & small farmers for 1 yr
28 Mar, 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.
24 Jan, 2020
Diffusing a crisis: time for collaborative conversation
The barrage of negative farm sector news highlights policy mess extenuating the imponderables around livelihoods in this space where even suicides are not correctly counted.
