Debt

Maharashtra government announces Rs 6,200 crore farm-loan waiver

Maharashtra Chief Minister Ashok Chavan today announced a Rs 6,200 crore farm loan waiver for the 4 million farmers in the state who were not covered by the central government

Publication Date:

31/12/2008

Source: Business Standard (New Delhi)

Tags:

Agriculture, Farmers, Maharashtra, Debt

Agriculture

Not ready for rabi

Banks hesitate in lending to farmers in Uttar Pradesh; fertilizers and seeds in short supply Farmers in Mahoba district of Uttar Pradesh know at least one person they can count on in times of doubt or crisis. Manoj Kumar, 30, has been working with farmers for eight years, travelling to villages, discussing their problems, advising them on matters of farming and finance. These days he is

Publication Date:

29/11/2008

Author(s): Savvy Soumya Misra

Source: Down to Earth

Tags:

Agriculture, Agricultural Inputs, Farmers, Finance, Hamirpur (D), Uttar Pradesh, Lalitpur (D), Mahoba (D), Debt

Agriculture

Dont need subsidies, give us the right price

Rising input prices have almost sounded the death knell for the farmer. Is there a way out? A special report published in Down To Earth.

Publication Date:

14/10/2008

Source: Down to Earth

Vol:

17

Issue:

20081015

pp:

10

Tags:

Land Acquisition, Agriculture, Green Revolution, Agricultural Inputs, Seeds, Food Prices, GM Crops, Trade, WTO, Farmers, Traditional Knowledge, Finance, Subsidies, Personalities, India, Debt

Agriculture

Farming made unprofitable

Poor support prices and costly agri inputs make a bad equation for farmers, Savvy Soumya Misra finds out What Mahendra Singh Tikait knows as a farmers

Publication Date:

14/10/2008

Source: Down to Earth

Vol:

17

Issue:

20081015

pp:

10

Tags:

Land Ownership, Land Tenure, Agriculture, Agricultural Inputs, Seeds, Rice, Wheat, Food Prices, Irrigation, Farmers, Pesticide Use, Mahatma Gandhi National Rural Employment Guarantee Scheme (MGNREGS), India, Debt

Ask no questions, just pay the water bill

Consumers have no say in the bad plans made in their name mangalore is witnessing fights over water pricing. But beyond politicizing the issue, the protestors themselves are clueless about how the water in their city was priced. The Mangalore Municipal Corporation (mcc) says poor cost recovery is preventing it from delivering the best of services. But facts speak otherwise. An analysis of

Publication Date:

29/09/2008

Source: Down to Earth

Tags:

Water Management, Water Policy, Urban Water Supply, Water Supply, Water Pricing, Asian Development Bank (ADB), India, Mangalore, Debt

Agriculture

Silent sufferers

For the widows of farmers who committed suicide in Maharashtra, life is a tale of suffering and harassment

Publication Date:

14/09/2008

Author(s): Bidisha Ghosal

Source: Week (Kochi)

Tags:

Farmers, Maharashtra, Debt

Economy

Trade and development report, 2008: commodity prices, capital flows and the financing of investment

The Trade and Development Report 2008, subtitled "Commodity Prices, Capital Flows and the Financing of Investment

Publication Date:

01/09/2008

Source: United Nations

Tags:

Food Prices, Development, Trade, Economy, Economic Development, Finance, Global, Developing Countries, Debt

Natural Disasters

Parched ground

Maharashtra in the grip of severest drought since 1972 maharashtra seems to be heading towards a drought-year. On July 9, the state government declared a

Publication Date:

14/08/2008

Author(s): RAMESH RAUT

Source: Down to Earth

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