Breadbasket to basket case
A series of misadventures over trifurcation and a religious-political agenda followed by central and state governments have converted Punjab into a economic basket case
A series of misadventures over trifurcation and a religious-political agenda followed by central and state governments have converted Punjab into a economic basket case
In order to be useful to the farmer, IMD predictions must be at the block level. Lack of accuracy and specificity render forecasts irrelevant for individual farmers.
Vested interests, including global food giants, constantly influence Indian farm policy, which is like getting GM seed manufacturers to frame food-labelling guidelines.
No government can come up with effective farm policies without listening to critical inputs from farmers and farmers cannot survive on lip service and political posturing.
A combination of world commodity trends and poor internal policies could unite farmers and be the nemesis of the incumbent government.
There is zero merit in the idea that jobs can only be created if industrialists are allowed to acquire farmers’ lands without their consent.
The Bharat Krishak Samaj advocated a list of small investments to smoothen the rough edges of farm policies, instead of grand gestures that amount to little.