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Punjab seems to have been hit a bit harder than many other states. The Punjab Agriculture Department has been looking at a 10-15 per cent yield loss on about 40 per cent of the wheat area that seems to have been adversely impacted by rains (Illustration by C R Sasikumar)

Ashok Gulati and Raya Das write: What the government must do to help wheat farmers reeling from unseasonal rainsSubscriber Only

April 03,2023 06:45:24 AM

If we use the right policy instruments, and well in time, both the farmers’ interests as well as the national interest of ensuring food security to its people can be adequately safeguarded

Wed, Apr 05, 2023

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Ashok Gulati writes: Why RBI should resist further interest rate hikesSubscriber Only

March 20,2023 06:00:23 AM

India needs to navigate the inflation and growth puzzle carefully. Much of our food inflation is a supply-side phenomenon and tightening monetary policy further may not succeed in taming inflation.

Tue, Mar 21, 2023

How to double India’s farmers’ incomeSubscriber Only

March 06,2023 06:05:58 AM

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

Mon, Mar 06, 2023

Ashok Gulati and Ritika Juneja write: Lessons from Madhya Pradesh’s agriculture modelSubscriber Only

February 20,2023 07:13:43 AM

A well-diversified portfolio in crops is behind the high growth in the state's farm sector. This is inclusive and sustainable and offers a path for other Indian states

Mon, Feb 20, 2023

From doles to development: Budget has done well to reorient government spending on subsidies towards rural infrastructure schemesSubscriber Only

February 06,2023 07:10:08 AM

Ashok Gulati and Ritika Juneja write: The FM has announced an Agri-Focused Accelerator Fund. She also talked of creating digital public infrastructure for agriculture as an open-source, open-standard and interoperable public good.

Mon, Feb 06, 2023

Ashok Gulati writes | Budget 2023: FM Sitharaman does well to hold back on revdis – but there is little for farmers to celebrateSubscriber Only

February 01,2023 17:37:06 PM

The budget has done well to rationalise subsidies, shore up fiscal space. On agri-food, however, it is business-as-usual

Thu, Feb 02, 2023

Ashok Gulati writes: Budget should repurpose subsidies while spending more on imparting modern skills to workforceSubscriber Only

January 23,2023 07:00:56 AM

It is this 'revdi' culture that the Prime Minister said that one should watch out for during election times. And 2023-24 is likely to witness nine state assembly elections that would lay down the ground for the 2024 parliamentary election

Mon, Jan 23, 2023

Ashok Gulati writes: How Gautam Adani can help save the environment and increase farmers’ incomeSubscriber Only

January 09,2023 07:25:04 AM

Billionaires like Gautam Adani can help increase farmers' incomes by funding solar trees on their farms

Tue, Jan 10, 2023

India needs to increase its spending on research and development to become a global leaderSubscriber Only

December 26,2022 07:51:44 AM

India needs not only technological development and brilliance in various sectors ranging from defence to agriculture to manufacturing, but it desperately needs innovations that can safeguard its basic environment — land, water, and air.

Mon, Dec 26, 2022

India needs to bring down its fiscal deficit which is highest among G20 countriesSubscriber Only

December 12,2022 07:53:32 AM

The best way to proceed is to set up a high level committee of credible professionals to look into this and suggest ways and means to bring in frugality and efficiency in public expenditures of the Centre and the states, making it more growth oriented, creating more jobs and livelihoods, and more environment protecting.

Mon, Dec 12, 2022

India’s high growth a good position for G20, but urban pollution must be checkedSubscriber Only

November 28,2022 07:51:11 AM

Learning from other G20 nations on how to improve AQI in Indian cities and saving millions of lives from choking with every breath need to be put on as high a priority as financial stability and growth in this interconnected world.

Mon, Nov 28, 2022

Why India cannot afford to ignore the GM crop revolutionSubscriber Only

November 14,2022 06:20:26 AM

The agriculture of tomorrow is going to be science-based, and the winners will be those who adopt it and develop it further today.

Mon, Nov 14, 2022

Why we need a more comprehensive index than the Global Hunger IndexSubscriber Only

October 31,2022 03:45:18 AM

Using the FAO’s food balance sheets could enable the GHI to iron out some deficiencies and make it more representative for India

Mon, Oct 31, 2022

Ashok Gulati writes: Balancing climate change and global nutritionSubscriber Only

October 17,2022 04:15:03 AM

The challenge today is to develop technologies that supply the food and nutritional needs of the world while also addressing climate change imperatives. Today, there seems to be a lack of sync between policies and technologies. It is high time India wake up

Mon, Oct 17, 2022

The link between inflation and climate changeSubscriber Only

October 03,2022 04:20:52 AM

Ashok Gulati writes: Checking rising food costs will require investing in sustainable agriculture. That, in turn, requires doing away with perverse subsidies

Mon, Oct 03, 2022

Ashok Gulati writes: Out of tuneSubscriber Only

September 19,2022 04:00:18 AM

Ashok Gulati writes: An orchestra of multiple instruments is required to deal with the continuing high inflation

Mon, Sep 19, 2022

Ashok Gulati writes: Precision farming needs to be promoted to get more output with less exploitation of natural resourcesSubscriber Only

September 05,2022 03:30:04 AM

Ashok Gulati writes: In India, we have the culture of free power, free water, almost 80 to 90 per cent subsidy on urea, and so on. One critical factor that is needed is the political economy of policies

Mon, Jan 02, 2023

Solar energy: For Amrit Kaal in agricultureSubscriber Only

August 22,2022 04:25:39 AM

Ashok Gulati writes: By making solar energy the ‘third crop’, promoting this innovation on a mission mode, the government can double farmers’ income

Mon, Aug 22, 2022

On food inflation, the humble tomato has challenged the mighty RBISubscriber Only

August 01,2022 04:38:58 AM

Ashok Gulati and Manish Kumar Prasad write: Monetary policy cannot bring food inflation under control. Curbing inflation in tomatoes, onions and potatoes requires streamlining their value chains

Mon, Aug 01, 2022

With India set to become most populous nation, a prosperity lessonSubscriber Only

July 17,2022 20:18:27 PM

Ashok Gulati writes: Improvement of the country's human development index hinges on providing quality education to the girl child

Mon, Jul 18, 2022

Ashok Gulati and Ritika Juneja write: Why rice and wheat bans aren’t the answer to inflationSubscriber Only

July 04,2022 04:00:25 AM

Abrupt export bans inflict high costs on poorer nations. India’s agri-trade policies need to be predictable, rather than a result of knee-jerk reactions

Thu, Jul 28, 2022

Ashok Gulati and Ritika Juneja write: An oil palm plan for homeSubscriber Only

June 20,2022 04:30:32 AM

Ashok Gulati and Ritika Juneja write: It could help reduce import bill. But policymakers will need to develop a long-term vision, handhold small cultivators.

Mon, Jun 20, 2022