Rs 6,000 per year is barely enough to cover the cost of production of farmers, let alone mounting expenses on healthcare, electricity and education. Representative image. Credit: Reuters Kabir Agarwal Source: The Wire Meerut/Muzaffarnagar: Madan Pal Singh is a small farmer… Read More ›
The Government
The Government’s Real Target Is Not Prashant Bhushan but a Transparent Judiciary
Given the closed shop that the Supreme Court is, the media and the lawyers are the only sources of information for the public at large. Lawyer Prashant Bhushan. Credit: PTI/Arun Sharma Apurva Vishwanath Source: The Wire New Delhi: In 1997,… Read More ›
Behind India’s Mega Farmer Handout Scheme, Questions Over Credible Data
The government in its interim budget this year announced it would pay Rs. 6,000 annually to farmers with less than 2 hectares of cultivable land. The government’s announcement of an income support scheme for vulnerable farmers, timed to have an impact on… Read More ›