31 Mar, 2017
Between the DBT lines
The government’s grand vision for a ‘New India’ is at variance with its narrow economic policies; the DBT seems to be all about transferring benefits to the industry.
11 Mar, 2017
Congress trips outsider AAP
AAP stood for change and Punjab was ripe for the picking but an overconfident and inexperienced AAP floundered with its messaging and its issues
1 Feb, 2017
Insecure minds; misdirected policies
As academics validate their own ingrained fear of an Indian food shortage, vested interests incorporate food fears into their business model for profiteering.
23 Dec, 2016
Demonetisation pangs on Kisan Diwas
Demonetisation creates a cash shortage, consumers are buying smaller quantities of fresh produce, which means permanent loss of demand; not deferred purchase.
17 Nov, 2016
Demonetisation to sink co-op banks and farmers?
Engineering a systematic failure of the rural co-operative banking sector would be an unpardonable desecration that seems to be in the making
1 Oct, 2016
Squinted lens for cost: benefit analysis
Where is the rural logic in development planning is a legitimate question when urban infrastructure has money thrown at it while rural India cries for resources.
30 Sep, 2016
Towards an alternative manifesto
Yet another election with the same promises exposes the state of the politicians, surrounded by non-farmer courtiers who cannot even drum up new slogans.
19 Aug, 2016
Whither farm sector consultations?
Policies fail because policy-makers do not know the ground realities and do not consult those that know. The GST is a prime example
1 Aug, 2016
Double or quits
When the proposed beneficiaries of government schemes are never a part of the planning process, how can plans succeed.
18 Jun, 2016
Six years; double income
Prayers were answered as the monsoon made landfall in Kerala, close to where Vasco da Gama landed in 1498. Its impact on political fortunes will be just as significant. This government has promised to double farm incomes in six years and economists argued that this would be impossible because it would entail a 12 per cent annual growth in incomes, something that is unprecedented globally.
