Ashok Dalwai Committee Report: Doubling farmer’s Income till 2022

  The Dalwai Committee on Doubling Farmers’ Income has pointed out that the share of farmers in consumer’s price is very low; it generally varies from 15 to 40 per cent. Studies conducted by the International Food Policy Research Institute and World Bank have confirmed this. The dominant role of middlemen among others is primarily responsible for farmers not realising a...

e -National Agriculture Market (NAM): A game changer for market

Backgound: National Agriculture Market (NAM) is a pan-India electronic trading portal which networks the existing APMC mandis to create a unified national market for agricultural commodities. Single National Agriculture Market (NAM) in the country, with a view to enable farmers to get a better price and for consumers to pay a lower price for agri-produce, a win-win situation at both ends of...

PM Modi’s visit to Singapore

International relations Key points: Prime Minister Narendra Modi recently visited Singapore. India has formalised a Mutual Recognition Agreement (MRA) in nursing with Singapore which would allow nurses trained in seven nursing institutions across India to gain employment in the South-East Asian country. India and Singapore concluded the second review of India-Singapore Comprehensive Economic Cooperation Agreement...

India-ASEAN relation: India needs to play a bigger role in the ASEAN

INTERNATIONAL India and its neighbourhood- relations. Bilateral, regional and global groupings and agreements involving India and/or affecting India’s interests Effect of policies and politics of developed and developing countries on India’s interests.   secretary of USA james matis met pm Modi In news: Prime Minister Narendra Modi visited Singapore recently to focus on three increasingly...