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 ›
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 ›
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 ›