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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This holiday season, who’s ‘Uninvited’ from Goa?
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A new book re-examines Bill Gates and Melinda Gates’s philanthropic work
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Jawad Memorial Prize for Urdu-English Translation: Read the two winning poems
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Latest Manipur killings confirm long-dormant Meitei insurgency is seeing a revival
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Watch: Teacher and students join viral ‘Gulabi Sharara’ social media dance trend
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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: Teacher and students join viral ‘Gulabi Sharara’ social media dance trend
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Watch: Boulders rolling down hillside halt traffic movement on Jammu and Kashmir National Highway
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Watch: Iranian guests at Nobel Prize ceremony sing to celebrate Narges Mohammadi’s Peace Prize
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Watch: Actor Bradley Cooper makes sandwiches and serves them from a food truck in New York
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Watch: Meet Captain Fatima Wasim, the first woman medical officer to be deployed at Siachen Glacier
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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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The Yemenese film about abortion that grabbing attention – and its Indian connections
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Start the week with a film: ‘Somewhere’ is a sensitive look at an actor’s empty life
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Mining town-set film ‘Whispers of Fire and Water’ is an immersive experience
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In Ken Loach’s ‘The Old Oak’, a solidarity that transcends differences
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In animated film ‘The Siren’, a reminder that ‘democracy and peace are never eternal’
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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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ICC Men’s U19 World Cup 2024: India to open campaign against Bangladesh – Complete Schedule
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England tour of India: Visitors name three uncapped players in Test squad
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WPL 2024: Vrinda Dinesh – Once a benchwarmer, now one of the most expensive players from the auction
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FIH Hockey Women’s Junior World Cup: Netherlands beat Argentina on penalties to win fifth title
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Pro Kabaddi League: Bengal Warriors pick up comprehensive win; Haryana Steelers pip Dabang Delhi