Agrarian Distress
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Climate change has exacerbated India’s agrarian crisis – and the new farm laws may make things worse
If the spectre of corporate-led industrial farming becomes a reality, it could further amplify the environmental crisis in the countryside.
Shruti Bhogal, The Conversation & Shreya Sinha, The Conversation
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Cash transfers to farmers are a temporary fix. India must pursue structural reforms in agriculture
A case study of Telangana’s Rythu Bandhu Scheme illustrates why.
Padmini Ramesh, IndiaSpend.com
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As India rolls out Budget 2020, where does it stand on the promise to double farmers’ income?
The Bharatiya Janata Party is fast approaching its 2022 deadline to revamp the agricultural economy.
Shreehari Paliath, IndiaSpend.com
Trending
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BBC is independent, says UK on documentary about Narendra Modi
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How did the Hyderabad Police race against time to recover stolen artefacts from the Nizam’s Museum?
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Aaj Tak says its anchors will report on Budget 2023 suspended from a tower at a height of 160 feet
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India is now the world’s most populous nation – but there’s no reason to be worried
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Watch: Woman caught on camera shoplifting in a bookstore in Jalandhar, Punjab
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‘Surgical strike on onions’: Farmers say BJP will be made to pay for the crisis in Maharashtra poll
With the Centre imposing an export ban to bring down skyrocketing onion prices, traders and farmers in Nashik are seeing red.
Aarefa Johari
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Can Telangana and Odisha afford the money they want to give their farmers?
The cost for Telangana’s Rythu Bandhu scheme works out to Rs 3,000 crore a month. Its monthly revenue is 10,000 crore of which 80% goes in paying salaries.
Mridula Chari
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Most vulnerable farmers are left out as states across India start money transfers to farmland owners
Landless farmers are left out of Telangana’s Rythu Bandhu, but nominally included in Odisha’s Kalia.
Mridula Chari
Video
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Watch: Indian women’s cricket team take on the ‘Tum Tum’ dance challenge in the dressing room
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‘Journalism is not a crime’: Siddique Kappan after being released on bail after more than two years
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Caught on CCTV: Man steals gorilla statue kept outside a shop
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Watch: Tiger walks freely in tea garden, unbothered when car comes up close
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Watch: Students climb gate to enter exam centre because they were late
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Income transfers are hottest trend in agricultural policy. But how do states identify beneficiaries?
In Telangana, large landholders are benefiting disproportionately from the scheme. In Odisha, families of ministers were on initial beneficiary lists.
Mridula Chari
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Parliament must debate agriculture crisis, not Ram temple, say farmers marching in Delhi
Most farmers said the BJP was using temple politics to distract from pressing matters. Others said they would welcome a Ram temple.
Vijayta Lalwani
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‘If they lose polls in all five states, they’ll fulfil our demands’: Farmers march in hope in Delhi
The thousands of farmers from across India who converged in Ramlila Maidan on Thursday will march to Parliament on Friday to press for their demands.
Vijayta Lalwani
The Reel
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Bowing out in style: Soumitra Chatterjee’s late-career gems ‘Bela Seshe’ and ‘Mayurakshi’
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‘Lost’ trailer: Yami Gautam Dhar plays a journalist investigating a disappearance
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‘The Romantics’ trailer: Docuseries pays tribute to the Yash Raj Films legacy
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Film ‘Follower’ crawls inside the mind of a social media troll in Belgaum
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Shah Rukh Khan on ‘Pathaan’ success: ‘Have forgotten those four years in the last four days’
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Kisan Mukti March: Students, doctors, other volunteers prepare to welcome farmers rally in Delhi
Thousands of farmers from across the country will arrive in the national capital on November 29 to put pressure on the government to meet their demands.
Vijayta Lalwani
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Uttar Pradesh: Tension in Baghpat after protesting sugarcane farmer dies
The deceased, identified as Udayveer Singh, was demonstrating against non-payment of dues by sugar mills and an increase in rural power tariff.
Scroll Staff
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Video: Why are Indian farmers angry and what are their demands?
Since early 2017, farmers across the country have been protesting and as a sign of intense rural distress, disparate groups have two similar demands.
Mridula Chari & Aabid Shafi
The Field
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Football: Attempted rape charges against Manchester United’s Mason Greenwood dropped
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Football: French World Cup winner Raphael Varane announces international retirement
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Davis Cup: Against Holger Rune’s Denmark, India opt not to play it by the book
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Tri-series final, IND vs SA blog: Chloe Tryon’s 57 takes South Africa to a win in low-scorer
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Thailand Masters: Sai Praneeth sole India in QFs; Kiran George, Ashmita Chaliha lose thrillers