The Farm In The Spotlight

Indian Economy

Source : www.indianexpress.com Date : 2018-12-25 OPINION Relevant for: Indian Economy Topic: Agriculture Issues and related constraints Amit Malviya is the BJP’s National Convenor, Information & Technology, and tweets @malviyamit Kishore Desai is a public policy professional. The recent state assembly elections have brought the spotlight back on farm-loan waivers. This policy response has continued to…

Opinion

Indian Economy

Source : www.livemint.com Date : 2018-12-13 OPINION Relevant for: Indian Economy Topic: Issues relating to Planning Forty years ago this month, China’s leaders set the country on a path of reform that has produced the most dramatic economic transformation in history. Mao Zedong had died two years earlier, in 1976, and the rehabilitated Deng Xiaoping succeeded…

Don’t Believe The Anti-Gmo Campaign

Indian Economy

Source : www.thehindu.com  Date : 2018-12-11 OPINION Relevant for: Indian Economy Topic: Major crops, Cropping patterns in various parts of the country incl. Various Agriculture Revolutions “India has one of the strongest regulatory protocols for field trials of GM crops.“ Bt Cotton being harvested near Salem, Tamil Nadu, in 2005.>Shaju Joh> A review article, “Modern technologies…