Punjab needs to junk free power, mono-culture farming to overcome economic woes: NCAER Paper
New Delhi/IBNS: Punjab, which was the beacon of Green Revolution and has been the ‘food bowl’ of India, needs to shed its mono-culture farming, scrap subsidies like free power and water and reorient its industries and services to overcome slow economic growth, high debt, societal challenges like the drug menace and environmental degradation.
Harvesting Pain: Sikh slaves fuelling Italy’s farmlands
In the heartland of Italy, under the shadow of the Tyrrhenian Sea, is the Agro-Pontino, a 100-mile stretch of fertile plains.
Nirmala Sitharaman announces 1 lakh crore agri infrastructure fund to revive Covid-hit economy
New Delhi/IBNS: In the third tranche of measures to support India's COVID-19 hit economy, Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman on Friday announced Rs. 1 lakh crore for funding Agriculture Infrastructure Projects at farm-gate and aggregation points.