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Siraj Hussain
Hussain is former Secretary of Agriculture and Farmers’ Welfare (GoI) and currently Visiting Senior Fellow at ICRIER
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An Expert Explains: Farmers’ protests, the big pictureSubscriber Only
January 11,2021 02:41:11 AM
Farmers' protest: The protest by thousands of farmers at Delhi’s borders have brought to focus a range of issues in agriculture in India. One of the country’s leading policy experts provides a primer on some important questions.
Tue, Jan 19, 2021
Diverting rice to produce ethanol during pandemic is unethicalSubscriber Only
May 06,2020 01:15:59 AM
Such diversion of food crops to produce biofuel was considered one of the reasons for the rise in food prices globally. Corn and other grain is also used in feedstock for poultry and cattle and is hence part of the food economy. Should India, a country with rampant poverty, hunger, and malnutrition, use food grains for making ethanol?
Wed, May 06, 2020
Utilise FCI stock for those who have ration cards and those who don’tSubscriber Only
April 06,2020 01:21:56 AM
The states must engage NGOs, factories and charities including religious organisations to raise funds for meeting the expenditure on milk, eggs, cooking oil and vegetables, and even soaps and sanitisers.
Mon, Apr 06, 2020
From Plate to Plough: Premium delayed, farmer deniedSubscriber Only
May 14,2018 00:05:05 AM
Pradhan Mantri Fasal Bima Yojana does not inspire confidence of farmers. They have to wait for months, sometimes years to get compensation.
Mon, May 14, 2018
From Plate to Plough: How to help the farmerSubscriber Only
January 29,2018 00:30:14 AM
Price deficiency payment schemes in Madhya Pradesh and Haryana do not cover farmers’ losses. Telangana’s input support scheme deserves nation-wide emulation.
Mon, Jan 29, 2018
From Plate to Plough: Left behind on the farmSubscriber Only
January 02,2018 00:05:44 AM
Farmers have suffered in the last three-and-a-half years. For the prime minister and the BJP, agricultural reforms make both economic and political sense.
Tue, Jan 02, 2018
From Plate to Plough: Onion tears and how to wipe themSubscriber Only
November 20,2017 00:35:59 AM
Onion farmers have suffered even in a bumper crop year. Needed: Scientific storage facilities, a judicious trade policy.
Mon, Nov 20, 2017
Innovators, not piratesSubscriber Only
October 23,2017 00:40:46 AM
India must curb intellectual property rights violations, like the one on herbicide tolerant Bt cotton, in order to become an innovation hub.
Mon, Oct 23, 2017
A sketchy roadmapSubscriber Only
September 25,2017 00:00:08 AM
NITI Aayog’s three year agenda does not recognise the role of trade policy in agriculture, and is silent on money-guzzling food and fertiliser subsidies
Mon, Sep 25, 2017
From plate to plough: Tall tales for farmersSubscriber Only
August 28,2017 00:00:07 AM
The first time the PM had shared his dream of doubling farmers’ income (DFI) was at a kisan rally in Bareilly on February 28, 2016. A day later, the finance minister talked about this goal in his budget speech.
Mon, Aug 28, 2017
From plate to plough: Everybody loves a good cropSubscriber Only
July 31,2017 00:26:24 AM
The states need to pull up their socks, make farmers stakeholders, to ensure success of the Pradhan Mantri Fasal Bima Yojana
Mon, Jul 31, 2017
From Plate to Plough: Lessons for the fieldSubscriber Only
July 17,2017 00:00:37 AM
Diversification is essential to making Punjab a star performer in agriculture once again
Mon, Jul 17, 2017
From plate to plough: Farm and the taxSubscriber Only
June 05,2017 00:05:10 AM
A smooth GST regime can break inter-state barriers on movement and facilitate direct linkages between processors and farmers
Mon, Jun 05, 2017
From plate to plough: An unfulfilled farm manifestoSubscriber Only
May 22,2017 01:17:19 AM
On agriculture, three years into the Modi government, while many steps have been taken to realise promises made in 2014, others have fallen by the wayside
Mon, May 22, 2017
From plate to plough: The faraway fieldsSubscriber Only
April 24,2017 00:07:43 AM
The Modi government has made the right moves with its flagship schemes for agriculture, but these have not made much difference to the lives of farmers so far
Mon, Apr 24, 2017
Prelude to a contagionSubscriber Only
April 10,2017 00:07:03 AM
UP’s farm loan waiver could prompt other states to follow suit, evade real reasons for agricultural distress
Mon, Apr 10, 2017
No one loves the farmerSubscriber Only
February 13,2017 00:00:53 AM
They are the largest constituency in UP. Yet, all parties have overlooked their issues
Mon, Feb 13, 2017
Partial security for farmersSubscriber Only
December 19,2016 00:00:11 AM
The government’s insurance scheme for agriculture is a major success over earlier schemes. But it remains beset by implementation glitches
Mon, Dec 19, 2016
How to sow a reformSubscriber Only
December 01,2016 00:01:00 AM
Some ways to relieve the pain of demonetisation in rural India.
Thu, Dec 01, 2016
Mandi reforms: How to make the National Agriculture Market matter to farmersSubscriber Only
October 13,2016 01:13:59 AM
The portal needs a boost, which can come from routing all government grain purchases under minimum support price mechanism through it.
Thu, Oct 13, 2016
No feel for the pulseSubscriber Only
September 26,2016 00:45:16 AM
The government has failed to provide the right incentives to farmers
Mon, Sep 26, 2016
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