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Falling inflation, prices: Panel calls for ban, curbs on import of major pulses

October 03, 2025 7:29 am

The CACP's proposal on banning/restricting the imports of the three major pulses comes ahead of the upcoming 2025-26 rabi cropping season.

Experts to farmers: Punjab’s draft agri policy gets universal thumbs up

May 31, 2025 12:07 pm

An 11-member committee headed by Sukhpal Singh submitted a comprehensive draft on October 13, 2023.

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Flip-flop on agriculture import and export hurts farmers and consumers

May 11, 2024 3:58 pm

The country needs to balance the interests of both. Controls, even where necessary, should be temporary and rules-based, taking the form of tariffs as opposed to outright bans

How to double India’s farmers’ income

March 06, 2023 2:04 pm

This can be done by increasing productivity through better seeds and better irrigation. It will have to be combined with unhindered access to the best markets

A new deal for farmers

April 25, 2021 9:03 pm

With digitisation, quick procurement of harvest and reimbursement of payments, farmers’ incomes in Haryana are set to double

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Maharashtra: Thrust on double farm production, higher income for farmers as state Cabinet clears MMSKY

July 10, 2019 5:55 am

The meeting, chaired by Chief Minister Devendra Fadnavis, also pushed for more agricultural reforms with emphasise on irrigation, especially targetted towards the small and marginal farmers in backward, drought-prone and Naxal belts of the state.

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A new India for farmers

June 11, 2019 12:32 am

PM should use majority in Lok Sabha to ensure delivery of agriculture programmes.

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The price is right

July 06, 2018 6:31 pm

Centre’s criteria for MSP ensure remunerative prices for farmers with a decent margin. Arguments for MSP at 50 per cent over Cost C2 defy economic logic.