The agrarian sector of the economy has been suffering from an intense crisis over the last four years. The agrarian distress, whose origins lie in long-term neglect of agriculture particularly after 1991, intensified greatly over the last few years because…
The government has been aiming to replace the system of provision of subsidised grain under the public distribution system with a system of cash transfers. This is being done ostensibly to get rid of leakages of grain from the public…
AIKS Joint Secretary Vijoo Krishnan writes "The promises in the Budget speech reminds of an anecdote narrated by a veteran Kisan leader to expose the betrayal of promises by the Government. The anecdote has it that the masses were demanding…