Budget 2018-19

  BKU has appealed to all the farmers to join the khap panchayat today. The Mathura administration has increased security in view of the panchayat In view of the ongoing  farmers’ protest  against the Central agri laws, Bharatiya Kisan Union (BKU) is organising “khap panchayat” in Mathura on Wednesday with BKU chief Naresh Tikait as its chief guest. BKU has appealed to all the farmers to join the khap panchayat today. The Mathura administration has increased security in view of the panchayat. Meanwhile, Haryana khap will organise “kisan mahapanchayat” today. BKU president Rakesh Tikait and several other leaders of various farmer unions are slated to address the gathering. The mahapanchayat will be held in the sports stadium of Kandela village. Security has been beefed up at Ghazipur, Singhu and Tikri borders in view of the farmers’ stir. Farmers have been protesting on the different borders of the national capital since November 26 against the three newly enacted farm law...

  Farmers’ protest descended into chaos as they used tractors to pull apart barricades, prompting the police to lathi-charge and fire tear gas. Punjab and Haryana on high alert The farmer groups, protesting along Delhi’s borders against the three farm laws, have adopted a wait-and-watch stand on the violent protests inside the Capital on Republic Day, saying they will dwell into the events once the full picture emerges. However, most farmer leaders condemned the violence and blamed it on miscreants present among the protesters. Some said a stand will be taken once all the leaders come back from their sites and discuss the development. farmers’ protests, police, tear gasA police person fires tear-gas as farmers break barricades near Akshardham Ashish Mittal, general secretary of the All India Kisan Mazdoor Sabha (AIKMS), one of the groups participating in the protest, said, “The route given for the tractor parade was hardly touching Delhi, and therefore, unacceptable to many of us. ...

  This daily series of graphs provides context on some of the critical issues relating to the Union Budget on February 1 The government set an ambitious target of Rs 2.1 trillion from divestment of its stake in public sector companies. But the actual realisation so far has been nowhere near it. The high profile disinvestment of BPCL and Air India are yet to see the light of the day. Data shows that the current year has achieved only 7% of the budgeted target to date, making things more difficult for the fisc in a revenue-stretched year. The coming year may see some of the high-profile sales that the government has been talking about. The initial public offer of LIC may give a further boost… Read Full Story on Union Budget 2021

There are no provisions for effective monitoring and support for farmers to sell outside the APMC Key challenges Budget 2020 – 2021 :  The agri value chain is disrupted by Covid. Ensuring support for storage and distribution can help. Agri commodities see a huge fluctuation in prices during peak season. There are no provisions for effective monitoring and support for farmers to sell outside the APMC. Every year there is substantial crop loss due to erratic climatic events. Industry ask The share of India in the global export of food co-mmodities is less than 1%. A package to boost exports from farmer organisations and small enterprises can be a good start Boosting farmer income has been one of the key goals. A package supporting farmers to convert to organic farming or supporting SMEs in developing organic processed product can help increase the share of organic farming in India. After the roll-out of the AMPC reforms there are concerns among stakeholders on how things will shape u...

  The govt has again assured farmers that MSP would be maintained, but incorporating it as part of the Acts seems clearly out of the question The central government has assured the agitating farmers that it will incorporate the issues raised by them and come up with concrete proposals to amend the three farm Acts on Wednesday.Addressing a group of reporters after agitating farmers’ meeting with Home Minister Amit Shah, Hannah Mollah, the general secretary of the All India Kisan Sabha, said the central government had said it would come up with a set of amendments to the contentious farm laws for farmer groups to consider. After that, another round of discussions would be held. “As far as my information is concerned, the sixth round of meeting scheduled for tomorrow stands cancelled now, as we will not wait for the Centre’s proposals,” Mollah told reporters. Earlier, Shah held a meeting with agitating  farmers protest  to break the deadlock over the three farm laws, on a da...

  Terrorism has emerged as one of the means of waging war in the contemporary world and it threatens to engulf the planet in a carnage similar to the one witnessed during the two World Wars, India said Terrorism has emerged as one of the means of waging war in the contemporary world and it threatens to engulf the planet in a carnage similar to the one witnessed during the two World Wars, India has said, calling for global action to defeat the scourge. “The commemoration of the 75th anniversary of the end of the Second World War provides us with an opportunity to reaffirm commitment to the most fundamental principle and purpose of the United Nations that is to ensure that successive generations are saved from the scourge of war,” First Secretary in India’s Permanent Mission to the UN Ashish Sharma said on Monday. Addressing a special solemn meeting in commemoration of the  World War-II  victims, he said, “Terrorism has emerged as one of the means of waging war in the conte...

  Sukhpal Singh is professor and former chairperson, Centre for Management in Agriculture at the Indian Institute of Management, Ahmedaba “It is more about the changes in the ‘social contract’ between the farmers and the Union government that is the root cause of fear,” said Sukhpal Singh, professor and former chairperson, Centre for Management in Agriculture at the Indian Institute of Management, Ahmedabad, on why farmers from Punjab and Haryana, among others, are protesting the three new farms laws passed by India’s Parliament. The Farmers’ Produce Trade and Commerce (Promotion and Facilitation) Act, 2020 (FPTC), the Essential Commodities (Amendment) Act, 2020, and the Farmers (Empowerment and Protection) Agreement on Price Assurance and Farm Services Act, 2020 (FAPAFS) were passed during the monsoon session of parliament during the COVID-19 pandemic. Thousands of farmers are at the outskirts of the national capital as they march to Delhi to demand the repeal of these laws. One o...