From pandemic and Pangong to farm protests, how Narendra Modi showed his mettle as prime minister
3 years, 1 month ago

From pandemic and Pangong to farm protests, how Narendra Modi showed his mettle as prime minister

Firstpost  

India is well on its way to charting its new place in the world, notwithstanding challenges, criticism and opposition, both at home and abroad Socio-political change can be daunting; more so, if it challenges the concepts upon which a country’s edifice rests. In 2003, Prime Minister Atal Bihari Vajpayee set up India’s first National Commission on Farmers led by Sompal Shastri, a pathbreaking body that would look into problems of farmers and suggest solutions to improve farm income and the standard of living of farm households. Ironically, Harsimrat Kaur Badal, the Akali Dal’s lone minister in the Modi government, in a social media video urged Punjab chief minister Amarinder Singh to not mislead the farmers over the Centre’s ordinances on agricultural reforms only days before the bills were passed. Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau’s comments backing the agitating farmers acted as a shot in the arm for the demonstrators but, at the same time, critics were quick to point out the Canadian Premier’s hypocrisy as it was Canada that routinely opposed MSP and other domestic agriculture measures of the Indian government at the World Trade Organization. For the first time in independent India’s history, a government put laws in place that sought to do away with restrictions on the sale and pricing, ostensibly to enable a national market for farmers.

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In RS, Shivraj Assures MSP For All Crops As Farmers' Delhi March Deferred For Talks With Modi Govt Tomorrow
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2 weeks, 4 days ago

In RS, Shivraj Assures MSP For All Crops As Farmers' Delhi March Deferred For Talks With Modi Govt Tomorrow

ABP News  

Union Agriculture Minister Shivraj Singh Chouhan assured the Rajya Sabha on Friday that the Narendra Modi government would procure all farm produce at the minimum support price. Highlighting the government's efforts, Chouhan said, “Since 2019, Prime Minister Narendra Modi has decided to calculate the minimum support price by giving 50 per cent profit on cost of production to farmers.” He …

'Back to Basics' and 'March to Future': PM Modi reveals secret behind India's farming sector success
1 month ago

'Back to Basics' and 'March to Future': PM Modi reveals secret behind India's farming sector success

India TV News  

Rio de Janeiro: Prime Minister Narendra Modi, in an address on the first day of the G20 summit on Monday, complimented the Brazilian presidency of the grouping for taking forward the "people-centric decisions" taken at the bloc's summit in New Delhi last year. PM Modi highlights how India provides free food to 800 million people The theme of India's G20 …

India’s agri transformation a lesson for others: Modi
4 months, 3 weeks ago

India’s agri transformation a lesson for others: Modi

The Hindu  

Inaugurating the triennial conference organised by the International Association of Agricultural Economists here on Saturday, Prime Minister Narendra Modi said India’s experience is valuable for discussions on transforming the food system and is sure to benefit the Global South. The Prime Minister said from a newly independent nation facing challenges to ensure food security 65 years ago, India has now …

Modi govt's mismanagement has set economic transformation back by 20 years: Cong
10 months ago

Modi govt's mismanagement has set economic transformation back by 20 years: Cong

Deccan Chronicle  

Underlining that economic growth means diversification of employment from agriculture to industry to services, the Congress on Saturday claimed that the progress achieved under Manmohan Singh's prime ministership in this direction has been reversed by the Narendra Modi government. The current dispensation's "mismanagement" has set the economic transformation back by 20 years, the party alleged.Congress general secretary Jairam Ramesh said …

PM asks G20 Agriculture Ministers to Boost Food Security
1 year, 6 months ago

PM asks G20 Agriculture Ministers to Boost Food Security

Deccan Chronicle  

New Delhi: Prime Minister Narendra Modi called on the agriculture ministers of the G20 countries to collaborate on achieving global food security. In a video message to the G20 Agriculture Ministers' Meet, he emphasised the need for sustainable and inclusive food systems that prioritise small farmers and strengthen the global fertiliser supply chain. Addressing the ministers, Modi said, "We must …

India to seek agri solutions in G20
1 year, 6 months ago

India to seek agri solutions in G20

Deccan Chronicle  

HYDERABAD: Union agriculture minister Narendra Singh Tomar said that India was ready to work with G20 countries to find solutions to the challenges being faced in different sectors of agriculture. Addressing the media on the first day of the G20 agriculture ministers meeting here on Thursday, the minister exuded hope that India would find solutions to these challenges through deliberations …

Book Review: ‘Distress in the Fields: Indian Agriculture after Economic Liberalization’ edited by R Ramakumar
1 year, 10 months ago

Book Review: ‘Distress in the Fields: Indian Agriculture after Economic Liberalization’ edited by R Ramakumar

The Hindu  

Published : Feb 23, 2023 10:40 IST Distress in the Fields is an exhaustive account of the agricultural policies enforced in India after the 1991 economic reforms and the agrarian crisis that followed. “Economic reforms after 1991 explicitly rejected the need for institutional transformation in agriculture,” writes Prof. Ramakumar in the introductory chapter. Madhura Swaminathan delves into studying interpersonal inequalities …

How can the government revive agricultural reforms?
2 years, 2 months ago

How can the government revive agricultural reforms?

Hindustan Times  

No one is a stranger to the swift method in which agricultural reforms of 2020 were brought out by the government. The first course correction would be holding stakeholder discussions with farmers, farmer representatives, government officials and even corporate functionaries collectively. Since the laws witnessed a large level of angst among the farmers from Punjab, Haryana and western Uttar Pradesh, …

COVID-19 has not gone, is changing forms and resurfacing, says PM Modi
2 years, 8 months ago

COVID-19 has not gone, is changing forms and resurfacing, says PM Modi

The Hindu  

Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Sunday said coronavirus has not gone away and keeps resurfacing, and cautioned people not to let their guard down in the battle against the pandemic. Nobody ever knows when the 'bahurupiya' COVID-19 will resurface, Mr. Modi said, adding that administering nearly 185 crore doses of vaccines to control its spread was made possible due to …

Challenges like pandemic, Ukraine war make it important for nation to be self-reliant, says PM
2 years, 9 months ago

Challenges like pandemic, Ukraine war make it important for nation to be self-reliant, says PM

India TV News  

Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Sunday said challenges faced by the world like the Russia-Ukraine war and the coronavirus pandemic make it all the more important for the country to become self-reliant, and urged people to promote products made in India. Modi was virtually addressing an event on the launch of six volumes of 'Shri Dharmajeevan Gatha', a biographical book …

No Plan to Reintroduce Three Repealed Farm Laws in Future: Agri Min Narendra Singh Tomar in Rajya Sabha
2 years, 10 months ago

No Plan to Reintroduce Three Repealed Farm Laws in Future: Agri Min Narendra Singh Tomar in Rajya Sabha

News 18  

Agriculture Minister Narendra Singh Tomar on Friday said in the Rajya Sabha that the government has no plan to reintroduce the three repealed farm laws in the future. Asked whether the government has any plan of reintroducing the three repealed farm laws in the future, the minister said: "No Sir". On November 19 last year, Prime Minister Narendra Modi in …

Jaishankar bats for domestic production over unchecked globalisation
3 years ago

Jaishankar bats for domestic production over unchecked globalisation

The Hindu  

The COVID-19 pandemic has brought India’s capabilities and need for more domestic production rather than unchecked globalisation, External Affairs Minister S. Jaishankar said on Tuesday, speaking at a technology summit, where he said that to foster technology growth, the nation must seek more education, skills, start-ups, supply chains and jobs to be created internally. Domestic supply chain “The idea that …

Whole world believes India has successfully defeated COVID-19, looking at us with pride, says Narendra Modi in address to nation
3 years, 2 months ago

Whole world believes India has successfully defeated COVID-19, looking at us with pride, says Narendra Modi in address to nation

Firstpost  

Prime Minister Narendra Modi in his address to the nation today also asked people to exercise caution during Diwali, saying masks have to become a part of life till the pandemic is over A day after India achieved the ‘ big 100 ’ – administering one billion COVID-19 vaccines to its citizens, Prime Minister Narendra Modi addressed the nation and …

PM hails Indian scientists for developing vaccine against COVID-19
3 years, 6 months ago

PM hails Indian scientists for developing vaccine against COVID-19

The Hindu  

Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Friday lauded Indian scientists for developing made-in-India vaccine against Covid and boosting other measures to fight the pandemic within a year of its outbreak. Addressing a meeting of the Council of Scientific and Industrial Research Society via video conferencing, he cited India's experience in the previous century to say that it used to wait for …

The farming crisis
3 years, 6 months ago

The farming crisis

The Hindu  

ECONOMISTS meeting the Union Finance Minister at routine annual pre-Budget consultations have focussed attention on an aspect that till recently seemed to have no place in India's rapidly expanding horizons - the crisis and stagnation in the agricultural sector. The proximate threat in the farm sector comes from the uneven monsoon precipitation of the last two years, which has raised …

India's COVID-19 crisis: S Jaishankar and Antonio Guterres discuss ramping up global vaccine supply and production
3 years, 6 months ago

India's COVID-19 crisis: S Jaishankar and Antonio Guterres discuss ramping up global vaccine supply and production

Firstpost  

The external affairs minister’s meeting with UN secretary-general comes at a time when India is reeling under a second wave of COVID-19 United Nations: External Affairs Minister S Jaishankar on Tuesday held a comprehensive in-person meeting with UN Secretary General Antonio Guterres and discussed the challenges posed by the COVID-19 pandemic and underlined the importance of finding an “urgent and …

Can't Afford 3rd Covid Wave: India Must Foil Selfish Interests behind 'Farmer Protests'
3 years, 6 months ago

Can't Afford 3rd Covid Wave: India Must Foil Selfish Interests behind 'Farmer Protests'

News 18  

It is becoming difficult not to question the intentions behind the so-called farmer protests. Six months down the line, these protests represent the worst of VIP culture: entitled, selfish, thoughtless and with no regard for common people. Incidentally, another group of sympathisers blew up railway tracks near Chaibasa in Jharkhand for a bandh on April 26, to mark five months …

Resume talks with protesting farmers: Haryana minister Vij to Tomar
3 years, 8 months ago

Resume talks with protesting farmers: Haryana minister Vij to Tomar

Business Standard  

Haryana Home Minister Anil Vij has written to Union Agriculture Minister Narendra Sing Tomar, urging him to resume talks with farmers protesting against the Centre's farm laws as the coronavirus scare looms large. Maintaining that a surge in coronavirus cases is being seen across the country and the situation is turning bad in Haryana too, Vij said he is worried …

'Pop stars commenting on farmers' protest, but govt not interested': Rahul Gandhi slams Centre on agri laws
3 years, 10 months ago

'Pop stars commenting on farmers' protest, but govt not interested': Rahul Gandhi slams Centre on agri laws

Firstpost  

The Wayanad MP, who is on a two-day visit to his constituency in poll-bound Kerala, also took a dig at PM Narendra Modi for ‘ridiculing’ MGNREGA scheme Wayanad: After taking out a tractor rally in his constituency in solidarity with agitating farmers, Congress leader Rahul Gandhi on Monday hit out at the BJP-led NDA government and said agriculture is the …

Our government is behind on the climate crisis – it is inexplicable
3 years, 10 months ago

Our government is behind on the climate crisis – it is inexplicable

The Independent  

The best of Voices delivered to your inbox every week - from controversial columns to expert analysis Sign up for our free weekly Voices newsletter for expert opinion and columns Sign up to our free weekly Voices newsletter SIGN UP I would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. And if the people pause for …

New farm laws will increase farmers' profits: ICAR Dy Director General
3 years, 10 months ago

New farm laws will increase farmers' profits: ICAR Dy Director General

India TV News  

Indian Council of Agricultural Research Deputy Director-General A. K. Singh on Monday said the new agriculture laws will help farmers to increase their income in a big way. Singh's statement comes amidst several farmers protesting on Delhi's borders since November seeking repeal of three new farm laws. "These laws have great potential for horticulture crop diversification and farmers are going …

Parliament Updates: Lok Sabha adjourned after extended discussion on Motion of Thanks on President's address
3 years, 10 months ago

Parliament Updates: Lok Sabha adjourned after extended discussion on Motion of Thanks on President's address

Firstpost  

11:53 AM Whatsapp Facebook Twitter All government have stood for agricultural reforms: Modi Reading out a quote by former prime minister Manmohan Singh, Narendra Modi said, “Those taking a U-Turn will perhaps agree with him. It is our intention to remove all those handicaps which come in the way of India realising its vast potential at one large common market’.” …

WEF’s Davos Summit | More Indian COVID-19 vaccines on the way, says PM Modi
3 years, 10 months ago

WEF’s Davos Summit | More Indian COVID-19 vaccines on the way, says PM Modi

The Hindu  

Prime Minister Narendra Modi said on Thursday that more ‘Made in India’ COVID-19 vaccines are on the way to help speed up the world’s vaccination efforts, and India’s economy would help global growth recover from the aftermath of the pandemic. These will help the world vaccinate more people in an expeditious way,” said the Prime Minister at the World Economic …

Farmers' Protest: Consensus reached over power tarrifs and stubble burning, but deadlock on MSP, repeal of laws remains
3 years, 11 months ago

Farmers' Protest: Consensus reached over power tarrifs and stubble burning, but deadlock on MSP, repeal of laws remains

Firstpost  

The Centre proposed forming a committee to deliberate on the farmers’ demands as it ruled out the possibility of repealing the legislations. Deadlock on MSP, repeal of farm laws After nearly five hours of the sixth round of negotiations between three union ministers and a 41-member representative group of thousands of farmers protesting on Delhi borders, agriculture minister Narendra Singh …

Agri Minister Has Made Effort to Engage in Humble Dialogue, Do Read His Letter: PM to Farmers
4 years ago

Agri Minister Has Made Effort to Engage in Humble Dialogue, Do Read His Letter: PM to Farmers

News 18  

Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Thursday said Agriculture Minister Narendra Singh Tomar through his letter to farmers has made an effort to engage in a humble dialogue, and appealed to the 'annadaatas' to read it. Tomar, in an eight-page open letter to farmers, said the Modi government is committed to the welfare of farmers and stressed that the new agri …

Agri Minister Tomar Says Protest Against Farm Laws an 'Exception', Hopes for Early Solution
4 years ago

Agri Minister Tomar Says Protest Against Farm Laws an 'Exception', Hopes for Early Solution

News 18  

The ongoing farmers' protest at Delhi borders is an "exception" and "limited to one state", Union Agriculture Minister Narendra Singh Tomar said on Wednesday and hoped for an early solution as the government is in talks with farmer unions. Tomar highlighted the measures taken by the central government in the last six years to boost farmers' income and make agriculture …

In extreme pain to see farmers suffering, government should step in: Dharmendra
4 years ago

In extreme pain to see farmers suffering, government should step in: Dharmendra

India TV News  

Veteran actor Dharmendra on Friday said he was pained to see farmers suffering and urged the central government to find a solution to their protests over the farm laws. Last week, the actor had urged the government to resolve the protests soon, citing the growing number of coronavirus cases in Delhi. Farmers from different states have been camping at Delhi's …

Farmers should keep faith in Modi govt, Centre will consider all aspects: Agriculture Minister
4 years ago

Farmers should keep faith in Modi govt, Centre will consider all aspects: Agriculture Minister

India TV News  

After the 5th round of Centre-farmers talks on Saturday, Union Agriculture Minister Narendra Singh Tomar once again assured farmers that MSP will continue and that there is no threat to it. Speaking after 5 hour long meeting with farmers, Narendra Singh Tomar said, "We've told farmers that the government will consider all their aspects. Government has had several rounds of …

Farmers' protest over farm bills: Let's decode MSP puzzle
4 years ago

Farmers' protest over farm bills: Let's decode MSP puzzle

India Today  

In September this year, the Narendra Modi government increased the Minimum Support Price for rabi crops. Still, the thousands of farmers are sitting at the Delhi borders for a week seeking a guarantee that the government will not end the MSP regime. Photo: PTI Different farmers' unions have slightly different demands ranging from total withdrawal of the three farm laws …

Pained to see farmers protesting in cold, hopeful of resolution soon: Agriculture minister Narendra Tomar
4 years ago

Pained to see farmers protesting in cold, hopeful of resolution soon: Agriculture minister Narendra Tomar

India Today  

The central government is working towards finding a resolution to the grievances expressed by farmers who are protesting in Delhi, said Union Agriculture Minister Narendra Singh Tomar on Wednesday. Responding to comments of some of his party colleagues and some leaders from the Opposition who have alleged that the people protesting in Delhi are not farmers and that the protest …

Govt Will Reach Solution After Discussing Farmers' Issues: Agri Minister Narendra Singh Tomar
4 years ago

Govt Will Reach Solution After Discussing Farmers' Issues: Agri Minister Narendra Singh Tomar

News 18  

The government on Tuesday expressed confidence that it will reach a solution after discussing issues raised by protesting farmers, as a meeting got underway between union ministers and representatives of over 30 farmer organisations. For the meeting at Vigyan Bhawan here, Union Agriculture Minister Narendra Singh Tomar was accompanied by Railways and Commerce and Industry Minister Piyush Goyal and Minister …

In Pictures: Indian farmers’ rebellion rattles Modi gov’t
4 years ago

In Pictures: Indian farmers’ rebellion rattles Modi gov’t

Al Jazeera  

India’s government has invited protesting farmers for talks, seeking to allay concerns about new laws growers fear could pave the way for the government to stop buying grain at guaranteed prices, leaving them at the mercy of private buyers. “We are at one of the two national highways that are completely closed coming into Delhi, because tens of thousands of …

Why are thousands of Indian farmers protesting?
4 years ago

Why are thousands of Indian farmers protesting?

Al Jazeera  

Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi says recently enacted farm laws will free farmers from bullying middlemen; farmers say they fear big corporations. But many farmers fear that they stand to lose more than they could gain from the new regulations and that the main beneficiaries will be agricultural corporations with gargantuan financial firepower. One of the new legal provisions says …

With No Social Distancing at Protests, Farmer Leaders Say New Laws Bigger Threat Than Coronavirus
4 years ago

With No Social Distancing at Protests, Farmer Leaders Say New Laws Bigger Threat Than Coronavirus

News 18  

Amid fears that the Delhi Chalo' protests by farmers will lead to coronavirus spreading faster, their leaders said the black laws enacted at the Centre are a bigger threat than the contagion. There had been few signs of social distancing as thousands of farmers from Punjab and Haryana began their protest last week against the three new agro-marketing laws, setting …

India would have been better equipped to fight COVID-19 with different economic policy, says Gopalkrishna Gandhi
4 years, 2 months ago

India would have been better equipped to fight COVID-19 with different economic policy, says Gopalkrishna Gandhi

Firstpost  

Gopalkrishna said the the country’s economic policy — one which encouraged industrialisation and urbanisation, causing “huge population unsettlement” and forcing farmers to migrate to cities in large numbers — only spurred the COVID-19 pandemic Ahmedabad: India would have been better equipped to deal with the coronavirus pandemic had it followed a different economic policy than the one that is causing …

Narendra Modi slams Opposition for ‘supporting’ middlemen
4 years, 2 months ago

Narendra Modi slams Opposition for ‘supporting’ middlemen

The Hindu  

Prime Minister Narendra Modi in Sunday attacked the Opposition which he said was advocating the interests of middlemen and peddling “lies” about his government’s efforts to introduce lasting reforms in agriculture and rural development. Chief Ministers of Uttar Pradesh and Madhya Pradesh Yogi Adityanath and Shivraj Singh Chouhan were present via video link during the programme which saw Mr. Modi …

Congress made the same promises: Narendra Singh Tomar on farm bills
4 years, 2 months ago

Congress made the same promises: Narendra Singh Tomar on farm bills

The Hindu  

A day after the monsoon session of Parliament ended amid a flurry of protests by the Opposition over three farm Bills, Agriculture Minister Narendra Singh Tomar demanded that the Congress first disassociate itself from its own 2019 poll manifesto that promised the same agricultural reforms as done by the Modi government. “If Rahul Gandhi agrees with the Congress manifesto of …

Agriculture Reforms: Ignore Political Rhetoric, Embrace Prosperity Economics
4 years, 3 months ago

Agriculture Reforms: Ignore Political Rhetoric, Embrace Prosperity Economics

News 18  

A visibly low-hanging economic reform contains within it several vested interests. In fact, it must start communicating directly with small farmers — the middlemen in the closed agricultural chain are the same that ensure exploitative politics on farms. This law beaks the monopsony of Agriculture Produce Marketing Committees, overseen by state governments, and enables farmers to sell their produce to …

PM Modi Says Farm Bills Need of 21st Century India, Accuses Oppn Parties of 'Lying' to Farmers
4 years, 3 months ago

PM Modi Says Farm Bills Need of 21st Century India, Accuses Oppn Parties of 'Lying' to Farmers

News 18  

Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Monday described the proposed agriculture reform bills as “historic” and said that they would usher in much-needed reforms in India’s agricultural sector. PM Modi also assured farmers that the MSP system won’t be touched and government purchase of their produce would continue. The two contentious farm bills — Farmer’s Produce Trade and Commerce Bill, 2020, …

Modi Hails Passage of Farm Bills in Rajya Sabha as 'Watershed Moment', Assures MSPs Would Continue
4 years, 3 months ago

Modi Hails Passage of Farm Bills in Rajya Sabha as 'Watershed Moment', Assures MSPs Would Continue

News 18  

Hailing the passage of the agriculture reform bills as in Rajya Sabha a “watershed moment”, Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Sunday again assured protesting farmers that the Minimum Support Price system won’t be touched and government purchase of their produce would continue. Congratulations to our hardworking farmers on the passage of key bills in Parliament, which will ensure a complete …

Breaking News: September 20, 2020 | As it happened
4 years, 3 months ago

Breaking News: September 20, 2020 | As it happened

India TV News  

The Modi government has tabled the Farm Bills -- the Farmer's Produce Trade and Commerce Bill, 2020, and the Farmers Agreement of Price Assurance and Farm Services Bill, 2020 -- in the Rajya Sabha despite strong protests from several farmers union and Opposition parties including the Congress Party. Union Agriculture Minister Narendra Singh Tomar otoday introduced the bill in Rajya …

Govt Analysts Say Signs of Recovery in Rural Economy Hailed by PM Modi 'At Best a Mitigating Factor'
4 years, 4 months ago

Govt Analysts Say Signs of Recovery in Rural Economy Hailed by PM Modi 'At Best a Mitigating Factor'

News 18  

India is staring at a protracted slowdown as coronavirus cases reach its countryside, with signs of recovery in the rural economy hailed by Prime Minister Narendra Modi "at best a mitigating factor", government officials and analysts said. "The economic situation has in fact worsened since April and May, and we are likely moving towards a longer economic slowdown than earlier …

Farm sector unaffected by crisis, rural economy stable: Tomar
4 years, 4 months ago

Farm sector unaffected by crisis, rural economy stable: Tomar

Live Mint  

Union Agriculture Minister Narendra Singh Tomar on Saturday said the farm sector of the country has remained largely unaffected by the economic crisis triggered by the COVID-19 pandemic. Speaking at a webinar organised by Merchants' Chamber of Commerce and Industry, he said the farmers were able to do full harvesting of the rabi crops and the ongoing kharif season is …

India to focus on health, economy as COVID-19 surges, PM Modi says
4 years, 5 months ago

India to focus on health, economy as COVID-19 surges, PM Modi says

Live Mint  

With India now one of the world’s top three Covid-19 hotspots, the country is focused on controlling its pandemic and reviving stalled economic growth, Prime Minister Narendra Modi said on Thursday. India’s coronavirus epidemic spiraled when the nation began easing its strict and sweeping lockdown in late April in order to reverse an economic collapse that has left millions destitute. …

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