Gist of Editorials: Crop of Ironies| GS – III
Category: GS 3 ( Agriculture) Theme of the article Food security and farmer welfare are intertwined. Introduction It is ironic that it took a devastating pandemic to force the government…
Gist of Editorials: Remove The Roots Of Farmers’ Distress| GS – III
Recently, there has been active discussion on the strategies addressing farm distress.
Editorial Simplified: Support for Lives on the Move | GS – III
the modern formal urban sector has often not been able to absorb the large number of rural workers entering the urban labour market. This has led to the growth of the ‘urban informal’ economy, which is marked by high poverty and vulnerabilities. , which is marked by high poverty and vulnerabilities.
Editorial Simplified: Helping the Invisible Hands of Agriculture | GS – III
The govt. has proposed to discuss the challenges that women farmers face in crop cultivation, animal husbandry, dairying and fisheries. The aim is to work towards an action plan using better access to credit, skill development and entrepreneurial opportunities.
Editorial Simplified: The Price is Wrong | GS – III
The farmer and his income is an important theme of discussion these days. A lot is being discussed on ways to increasing, and doubling, the farmers’ incomes by the year 2022.
Editorial Simplified: From Plate to Plough – Get Smarter on the Farm | GS – III
A recent study, conducted jointly by the OECD and ICRIER, estimated that India’s trade and marketing policies have inflicted a huge negative price burden upon the country’s farmers.
Value Added Article: Covering the Last Field | Category – Agriculture | Source – The Hindu
Excess rains and floods in Kerala, deficit rainfall in eastern and north-eastern India, and associated large-scale crop losses have again highlighted the need for providing social protection to poor farmers.
Editorial Simplified: Not by MSPS | GS – III
The Union Cabinet has approved a new initiative called PM-AASHA. Short for Pradhan Mantri Annadata Aay Sanrakshan Abhiyan, it basically combines three schemes:
Editorial Simplified: End Sweet Deal | GS – III
India is likely to overtake Brazil as the world’s leading sugar producer next year. Thanks to good monsoons, India’s sugar output will scale to 350-355 lakh tonnes in sugar year 2018-19, surpassing Brazil’s output of about 300 lakh tonnes.
