Tuesday 3 June '08
We are facing two problems. One is imported energy, the other is macro imbalance. The two are interrelated, but it would be unwise to treat them as one...Wednesday 28 May '08
I usually have a trained economist’s clarity on issues. But sometimes I am not sure.Friday
23 May '08The swathe of disasters from Kutch and Gujarat through Myanmar, Indonesia and now China, and the tremendous toll they took in terms of life...Friday
16 May '08After George W. Bush’s remarks about rising food prices, it is the IMF holding India and China responsible for energy prices.Tuesday
6 May '08You are right Mr President — India matters. And this is also true of food demand. Being a product of the oldest university...Thursday
1 May '08The National Convention of Chairpersons of District and Intermediate Panchayats in Delhi last week was thinly reported.Friday
25 April '08We are speaking the language of crises again. This is okay as long as we take all the required action.Monday
14 April '08The deceleration of the agricultural growth rate, the crisis in land and water, increasing rural-urban inequalities...Saturday
5 April '08The finance minister underlined the demographic dividend for India in his budget speech by announcing that “India is poised to reap the ‘demographic dividend’...Saturday
1 March '08There is a lot for agriculture in the budget. The problem, if at all, is that expectations were higher.Wednesday
20 February '08The Indian agricultural policy story is getting international attention.Friday
26 October '07My concept of radical leadership is one that combines social concern with a strategic perspective on human and social...Friday
3 August '07India lacks an operative socio-economic vision. The Poverty Line which was developed by a task force that I had chaired in the late seventies has recently been the subject of critiques...Monday
18 June '07The Gurjjar-Meena agitation shows reservations are not a win-win strategyFriday
1 June '07We should be grateful for the decisions taken at the National Development Council (NDC) meeting on agriculture, since almost all it has been advocating is programme and policy up...Thursday
17 May '07We have had yet another round of official worrying over agriculture. The prime minister has spoken again. So it is again a good time to try and remember what it is that we should and shouldn’t worry about.Monday
7 May '07The critics of the 1979 Poverty Line are correct in stating that it cannot be taken as a laxman rekha, never to be re-examined subsequentlyThursday
12 April '07The farm story is so full of possibilities. Wheat is doing well. Demand for pulses is booming. And rice can lead the next paradigm shiftFriday
30 March '07Babus and mantris don’t understand: the tough Indian kisan is very canny about market opportunitiesFriday
30 March '07I don’t understand why the poultry and milk sectors grow at different rates. The business models for both involve strong farmers or producer groups at the lowest levels.Friday
16 March '07With the kind of land and water scarcity the country is facing, and the rate at which it is developing in some areas, we must let the market for land work. We need a nuanced policy, but even the right questions are not being asked.Friday
2 March '07Recharging groundwater in 100 stressed districts will free up land and water constraints. The farmer now wants supplies during water-stress periods to boost yieldsFriday
16 February '07Export of powdered milk and certain wheat products has been stopped.Friday
2 February '07The growth game is like going up the downstairs case. You have to constantly find new sources or you stagnateFriday
19 January '07Indian agriculture is neither discriminated against nor inefficient or uncompetitive... The global market is highly distorted. It is not easy to face a competitor who gets more than 80 pc of her costs paid by the govt
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