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Letter to BS: Long journey ahead for reforms in neglected agro sector

We would see the genesis of farm area cooperatives that would not only help evolve improved and scientific farm management techniques but also significantly reduce the cost of enabling inputs

Letter to BS: Decision to dismante monopoly of APMC mandis deserves praise

The decision to dismantle the monopoly of the APMC should not be perceived as an onslaught on the spirit of cooperative federalism or an encr­o­achment into the rights of the states

Bihar election not forgotten: Nadda holds talks with top BJP leaders

ihar Deputy Chief Minister Sushil Kumar Modi, former agriculture minister Radha Mohan Singh, Rajya Sabha MP Bhupender Yadav, and some others attended the conference

Opening up the space

Pvt investment will increase opportunities

Make reforms work

Govt has to find a way to remove the stumbling blocks

Letter to BS: There is a need to continuously assess Covid-19 situation

It took India 64 days to reach from 100 cases to one lakh as against 35 days by Germany or 25 days by the US

Letter to BS: Govt can still make corrections in Covid relief to save lives

The government is probably apprehensive that support to rural labour may induce the disenchanted workers to delay returning to cities for their livelihoods

Letter to BS: Migrant workers could have been provided with food, shelter

For the last seven weeks, millions of migrant labourers, including pregnant women and mothers carrying small children, have been trudging to their homes

Covid-19: Govt's Rs 20-trn rescue package proves to be a damp squib

The reason for discontentment is that the actual fiscal outlay is only a fraction of the amount

Reality of realty post-Covid-19: Here're factors that may impact growth

With the Covid crisis continuing to wreak havoc in the market, its short-term impact in the coming 6-12 months is likely to be quite a dampener for the recovery of the real estate sector

Time for real action

Agriculture marketing reforms have been pending for long

A critical phase

While business opens, states must be ready for a spike in Covid cases

Letter to BS: Govt's proposed law to only help traders, big farmers

There has to be in place a mechanism of minimum purchase price to safeguard the interests of small and marginal farmers

Letter to BS: The Rs 20 trn stimulus package is a big disappointment

The actual and immediate fiscal outgo works out to just around 1% of GDP

Letter to BS: E-Vidya channels for school students need rethink

The government seems to be adopting shortcuts to keep children away from real schools and teachers as they know the poor state of the majority of our government schools

Migrant labourers start booze party in quarantine centre, face police ire

The local police booked five people including a village guard for supplying liquor to the group

UP BJP preparing its cadre to help migrant workers resettle in villages

UP BJP President Swatantra Dev Singh observed that merely facilitating the homecoming of these workers would not end the party's responsibilities

Reform, don't trample

Workers can't be completely at the mercy of employers

Beyond borrowings

Govt must present a credible macroeconomic picture

Letter to BS: Centre, state govts are oblivious to migrant workers' woes

Letter to BS: Centre, state govts are oblivious to migrant workers' woes