https://www.downtoearth.org.in/news/agriculture/how-india-lost-its-historic-agriculture-recovery-growth-phase-just-in-four-years-59480 Government reports say 2004-14 had the highest agriculture growth that has fast slipped back to near-zero growth despite normal monsoons and bumper yields By Richard Mahapatra Last Updated: Monday 15 January 2018 Reports of severe agrarian distress have been pouring in from across the country. Credit: Surya Sen / CSE The National Democratic Alliance …
Wooing the farmer
http://www.india-seminar.com/2018/701/701_a_gulati_&_r_roy.htm ASHOK GULATI and RANJANA ROY THE prime minister of India made a clarion call to double farmers’ incomes by 2022 at a kisan rally in Bareilly on 28 February 2016. This statement assumed an official tone when the finance minister recalled it in his budget speech of financial year 2016-17 (FY17) and then again in FY18. …