Attempts at creating additional job opportunities in the industrial sector have failed as industrial growth is not picking up fast enough, he said.
Tag: agrarian distress
Delhi Govt to Introduce MSP for Farmers Based on Swaminathan Commission Report
The development minister said the govt will hold a meeting with agrarian experts to discuss the matter.
Anna Hazare Says Lokpal Would Have Prevented Rafale Scam, Announces Indefinite Hunger Strike
He added that he felt the country was in “danger” of slipping towards “autocracy”.
Never Have Two RBI Governors Been Humiliated, Forced to Quit: Chidambaram
While Raghuram Rajan was denied a second term by the Modi government, Urjit Patel quit last year before his term expired.
Farmers Worst Hit: 2018-19 Has Been The Worst Year For Farm Income In 18 Years
As per govt data, disinflation in farm prices has led to a collapse in nominal farm incomes.
Farmers Give Life to Country. Modi Government is Not Letting Them Live: Rahul Gandhi
“The prime minister should tell the country what steps he is going to take. I will not let him ignore the farmers,” Gandhi said in another Facebook post.
Gujarat Farmers Crisis: Onions At Rs 0.55 Per Kg; Garlic At Rs 1-4 Per Kg
More than two lakh sacks of garlic lie in farmers’ houses in 12 villages since they are unable to fetch a reasonable price for the produce.
BJP Won’t Even Manage to Win 200 Seats in 2019 Polls: Yashwant Sinha
The former finance minister added that the BJP, under Modi and Shah, has lost much of its 2014 sheen.
Will Make All Efforts to Secure Farmers’ Future: Rahul Gandhi on Kisan Diwas
“We asked for 10 days, we did it in two,” he had said, referring to the announcement of loan waivers in the three Congress-ruled states.
Onion Farmers Make Only 1 Paisa/Kilo And People Still Ask Why They Are Unhappy: Yogendra Yadav
Highlighting the price disparity of rural and urban areas, he also said that the same produce would probably sell for Rs 20 per kilogram in Delhi.
Kisan Khet Mazdoor Congress to Launch Country-Wide Agitation Against Modi Govt
KKMC chief Nana Patole said the Niti Ayog statement opposing farm loan waiver was a clear example of the “anti-farmer mindset of the BJP”.