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Revamping agriculture: Govt scores high on intent, patchy on implementation; litmus test will be persuading states to reform

If PM Modi is really serious about doing his bit for agriculture, he and Amit Shah must push BJP governments to execute the needed agriculture reforms.

Narendra Modi says govt doubled budget for agriculture sector to Rs 2.12 lakh crore in last four years

The budget for 2018-19 fiscal has taken steps to provide farmers a price equivalent to 150 per cent of their cost of production, Modi said

Budget and Beyond: This is the Modi moment, if he gets this right, farmers will salute him, says Ashok Gulati

Agriculture needs reforms in marketing, land titling and contract law reforms, to name a few

Fact-checking Narendra Modi: 13 of prime minister’s 16 claims on govt schemes true or partly true, 3 false

Narendra Modi at the Hindustan Times Leadership Summit he defended his term so far by listing out the steps he had taken towards a “systemic overhaul"

Govt ropes in ICICI Bank to enable cashless payments on e-NAM; to end traditional transaction modes for trading at mandis

ICICI Bank will enable BHIM and Unified Payments Interface on the e-NAM portal for making cashless payments

Madhya Pradesh farmers' strike: Inside Mandsaur disturbance lies history of political doles, opium addiction

The decades-long culture of giving out doles has devastated the lives, livelihoods, and moral standards of farmers in Madhya Pradesh and other states across India. And reform will occur with a change in the narrative, which is currently focussed on politicisation rather than problem-solving.

Madhya Pradesh farmers' strike: Instead of making glib promises, netas should free farmers of pricing shackles

If political parties of all hues are genuinely interested in the plight of farmers, they will sit down together and work out short term and long term solutions