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March 12, 2020
Lately, India’s trade policy seem to lack a vision. After actively pursuing it for over a decade, India decided against joining RCEP at the eleventh hour. The official version is that India runs a large trade deficit with RCEP countries, and was expecting specific protection for its industry and farmers from a surge in imports, especially from China.
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March 2, 2020
The finance minister, in her FY21 budget speech, announced a 16-point agenda to kickstart growth in agriculture and farmers’ income. While the agenda makes sense, following the money presents a disconcerting prospect. Less than 10% of the Rs 2.2 lakh crore budgeted for agriculture will support capital formation or R&D. Economies can’t grow without investment and innovation. This budget provides money for neither.
News
February 18, 2020
By Deepak Varshney, Anjani Kumar, PK Joshi and Devesh Roy Samman Nidhi, popularly known as PM-KISAN, announced in December 2018
Press Releases
February 7, 2020
According to the FAO, each year about 1.3 billion tons of food produced for human consumption is lost after harvest
In the News
January 21, 2020
By Manmeet Ajmani Vishruta Choudhary & Devesh Roy In November 2019, India decided to opt out of the Regional Comprehensive Economic Partnership (RCEP),
News
January 15, 2020
A new podcast series highlights the ways in which IFPRI research can create impacts on the ground. Episode 1 features
In the News
December 23, 2019
Niraj Kumar & Anjani Kumar A dip in India’s ranking in the Global Hunger Index (GHI) has rightly created a
In the News
December 9, 2019
Smriti Verma The idea of doubling farmers’ incomes by 2022, when the country completes 75 years of its independence, was
In the News
October 29, 2019
Ever since PM Narendra Modi announced his target of doubling farmers’ incomes by 2022 at a farmers’ rally in Uttar Pradesh (UP) in 2016, the Centre, as well as several state governments, have remained occupied with evolving ways and means to achieve this target by the proposed deadline. The UP government’s Million Farmers’ School (MFS) programme is one such innovative effort to enhance farmers’ incomes through dissemination of agriculture-related information on technology, government schemes, and modern farming methods.