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Ashok Gulati
The writer is chair professor for agriculture at ICRIER. Views are personal
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Modi’s seven-year report card: Low marks for GDP, better work on welfareSubscriber Only
June 07, 2021 03:10 IST
How long this welfare approach is sustainable without enlarging the size of GDP pie is an open question
Mon, Jun 07, 2021
What we need to save lives and livelihoods as Covid reaches rural IndiaSubscriber Only
May 24, 2021 03:00 IST
A calibrated response that balances economic and health concerns based on a sound vaccine strategy is needed
Mon, May 24, 2021
We can defeat the virus. All of us must put shoulders to the wheelSubscriber Only
May 10, 2021 00:51 IST
The national leadership needs to set up a war room comprising top medical experts and corporate leaders to ramp up supplies of oxygen and necessary drugs and mobilise logistics to deliver these to last mile.
Mon, May 10, 2021
Government must think out-of-the-box for a special package for migrantsSubscriber Only
April 26, 2021 03:00 IST
Existing government programmes cannot provide gainful employment opportunities to migrants at their native places.
Mon, Apr 26, 2021
As Covid cases rise, can India protect its most vulnerable?Subscriber Only
April 12, 2021 00:01 IST
With Covid’s second wave assuming alarming proportions, it’s high time there is a meaningful action plan, based on robust data, to alleviate the problems of migrants.
Mon, Apr 12, 2021
Make every drop of water count for sustainable agricultureSubscriber Only
March 29, 2021 02:00 IST
Technological solutions to make rice and sugarcane cultivators use water more sustainably can work if there are right incentives, and agri-input pricing is on the right track.
Mon, Mar 29, 2021
A high growth plan for Indian agricultureSubscriber Only
March 15, 2021 04:52 IST
It requires a diversified approach that takes into account peculiarities and constraints of states, investment in infrastructure and linking farmer producer groups with markets.
Mon, Mar 15, 2021
For Operation Green to deliver, experience of raising milk production in Operation Flood can prove beneficialSubscriber Only
March 01, 2021 04:24 IST
A closer examination of the scheme in terms of achieving its objectives of price stabilisation, reveals that Operation Green is in slow motion, and nowhere near achieving its objectives.
Mon, Mar 01, 2021
Agri-market freedom, water accounting could address few problems of agriculture in IndiaSubscriber Only
February 15, 2021 03:43 IST
Free power, highly subsidised urea and open-ended procurement have become a deadly cocktail that are eating away the natural wealth of Punjab.
Mon, Feb 15, 2021
In agriculture, R&D needs attention, subsidy bias must be correctedSubscriber Only
February 02, 2021 03:19 IST
Overall, the expenditure on agri-R&D needs to be doubled or even tripled in next three years, if growth in agriculture has to provide food security at a national level and subsidies on food and fertilisers need to be contained.
Tue, Feb 02, 2021
Crop diversification policy must address nutritional challenges, bring agriculture in sync with environmental demandsSubscriber Only
January 18, 2021 04:43 IST
An optimal agri-food policy should look at issues pertinent to not only the short run but also try to address medium to long-term challenges.
Mon, Jan 18, 2021
To help farmers, right approach is through Farmer Producer Organisations, not APMC mandisSubscriber Only
December 30, 2020 03:00 IST
The art of policymaking is to balance the interest of producers and consumers within reasonable financial resources.
Mon, Jan 04, 2021
WTO rulebook must evolve to support food security, rural livelihoods in developing countriesSubscriber Only
December 21, 2020 03:39 IST
For this to happen, political leadership is needed to help rebuild trust among countries on trade and food security after the disruption caused by US-China trade tensions, and the inconclusive outcome of the WTO’s 2018 ministerial conference in Buenos Aires.
Mon, Dec 21, 2020
Punjab needs a package to help it diversify output, overcome MSP trapSubscriber Only
December 07, 2020 02:45 IST
Can the Centre and the Punjab government join hands to find a sustainable solution to farmers’ incomes and also save depleting water, soil, and air? Only then can they make Punjab great again.
Mon, Dec 07, 2020
Centre must carefully consider options, close communication gap with farmersSubscriber Only
December 02, 2020 04:00 IST
This communication gap was fully exploited by some political parties and social activists, who themselves are facing an existentialist threat and believe that the Narendra Modi government can do no good for this country.
Wed, Dec 02, 2020
Regime of subsidies is the main reason why there is stubble in the first placeSubscriber Only
November 23, 2020 03:30 IST
The irony of agricultural pollution is that taxpayers are essentially paying for it through a system of subsidies that actually motivates the very behaviours that drive the agricultural emissions that they breathe.
Mon, Nov 23, 2020
Restore agriculture’s broken link with nutrition. That is solution to India’s hidden hungerSubscriber Only
November 09, 2020 03:00 IST
Food staples are not dense on minerals and vitamins, but they do provide a broad range of essential minerals and vitamins — a base which needs to be strengthened by non-staple foods.
Mon, Nov 09, 2020
Challenges to farm bills harken to socialist era, attempt to undo agriculture’s 1991 momentSubscriber Only
October 26, 2020 03:00 IST
Patience and professionalism will bring rich rewards in due course, not noisy politics.
Mon, Oct 26, 2020
We need laws that give farmers more space to sell their produce — new farm laws fit this billSubscriber Only
October 12, 2020 02:25 IST
More sustainable solutions lie in augmenting productivity, diversifying to high-value crops, and shifting people out of agriculture to high productivity jobs elsewhere. But no one talked about these during these agitations.
Mon, Oct 12, 2020
On farm bills, government must get its act together, but Opposition is misguidedSubscriber Only
September 28, 2020 04:05 IST
The Congress is leading the charge. But its manifesto for the 2019 general election said, “Congress will repeal the Agricultural Produce Market Committee Act and make trade in agricultural produce — including exports and inter-state trade — free from all restrictions”.
Mon, Sep 28, 2020
Challenge to nurture India has become bigger with the outbreak of COVID-19Subscriber Only
September 14, 2020 03:00 IST
For “POSHAN Maah” to contribute towards the holistic nourishment of children and a malnutrition free India by 2030, the government needs to address the multi-dimensional determinants of malnutrition on an urgent basis.
Mon, Sep 14, 2020
Tractor industry should be facilitated to use digital tools to benefit small farmersSubscriber Only
August 31, 2020 03:00 IST
The “Uberisation model” could make tractor services perfectly divisible, accessible and affordable even by small holders without owning the machine.
Mon, Aug 31, 2020
New agriculture infrastructure fund is a major step forward. Policymakers must have stable policies for themSubscriber Only
August 17, 2020 03:00 IST
The bottom line is that India needs to not only spatially integrate its agri-markets (one nation, one market) but also integrate them temporally — spot and futures markets have to converge.
Mon, Aug 17, 2020
Standing up to China will require not only matching its military might but also economic prowessSubscriber Only
August 03, 2020 05:14 IST
Major rationalisation and pruning of subsidies can go a long way in financing a development plan for eastern India as well as the new demands for reinforcing defence in the wake of Chinese aggression.
Mon, Aug 03, 2020
In agri-inputs, govt should free private sector from unnecessary controls and regulationSubscriber Only
July 20, 2020 03:43 IST
The private sector is our strength. The only thing the government has to do is to unshackle them from the chains of controls and webs of unnecessary regulations. They will make an Atmanirbhar Bharat.
Mon, Jul 20, 2020Journalism of Courage
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