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Best of BS Opinion: Finance Commission report, farm spending, and more

Business Standard Opinion pieces for the day talk about the Budget, Finance Commission and other policy issues

Measures in Sitharaman's Budget 2020 will give impetus to rural economy

The Budget announced for farmers, comprising 16 action points, will definitely boost the agriculture sector

Budget 2020 gives the agri sector the much needed push

This year's budget announcement to promote organic fertilizers and rationalising the use of chemical fertilizers further augments efforts towards promoting ZBNF

Doubling farmers' income by 2022: Status check on govt's ambitious plan

Could the window be closing on the Bharatiya Janata Party-led government's promise to double farmers' income and revamp the agricultural economy by 2022?

Budget 2020 proposes Kisan Rail in PPP mode for cold supply chain

Presenting her second Union Budget, Sitharaman announced a slew of measures for the benefit of farmers

Farm markets need to be liberalised, will hand-hold farmers: Sitharaman

Presenting the Budget for 2020-21, Sitharaman said the government is proposing a 16-point action plan to boost agriculture and farmers' welfare

Sub-par performance

Central e-NAM law should override state marketing laws

Sugar reforms

Prices should be determined by market dynamics

Wheat output in India is likely to hit a record high this year: NCML data

Data compiled by National Collateral Management Services (NCML, a non-government body) shows a 6.3 per cent rise to 109 million tonnes

Locust attacks have links with climate change

This insect grows exponentially and an average locust swarm, believe it or not, can have 8 million critters, which can devour as much food in one day as 2,500 people or 10 elephants

Revamp of subsidy regime likely to be in focus in FM Sitharaman's Budget

As of now, the proposal on the table is to consider direct benefit transfer to farmers for food and fertilizer subsidies, sources said

Natural farming for fiscal prudence?

Natural farming is an alternative to chemical fertiliser-based and high input cost agriculture

After a month, locusts attack again in north Gujarat harming standing crops

The problem resurfaced three days ago when locusts again arrived from desert areas of Pakistan and attacked crops in Banaskantha, district agriculture officer P K Patel said.

A wish list for agriculture

What should the government do?

Budget 2020 wish list: Experts demand scrapping of GST on agri-inputs

This is the fourth pre-Budget meeting on agriculture and agro-processing sectors

Explained: How solar-powered pumps are changing lives of farmers

Business Standard travelled across four water-deficient districts in Rajasthan and Haryana to take stock of how solar-powered pumps are changing lives. The first of a three-part series

Gujarat claims locust attack under control, assures compensation to farmers

Swarms in about 3,526 hectares of 5,000 hectares under control; farmers burn tyres or dry straw, play loud music and beat steel plates, and use large fans to destroy or drive away the pests

UP logs 80% upswing in paddy procurement at 4 mn tonnes this Kharif season

State has paid farmers nearly Rs 7,250 cr for the crop so far; full-year procurement target set at 5 mn tonnes

Plug the gaps

Govt must address the glaring deficiencies of the Seed Bill

Govt yet to provide compensation to states for farmers' losses: Opposition

Opposition MPs said the farmers were hit by unseasonal rains, floods and demanded that the Centre should give immediate monetary relief