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The reason for the agitation by Punjab’s farmers is a desire to reduce area under paddy but still earn similar income from other crops Siraj Hussain and Kriti Khurana

The Public Distribution System in India is conceptualised as a safety shield against food inflation and for ensuring the distribution of foodgrains at affordable prices.

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The demand for hiking the Minimum Support Price has repeatedly come up amid the ongoing farmers’ protests around the borders of New Delhi. Here, we explain how the two price support mechanisms differ and the unique case of sugar.

It must not be viewed merely as a subsidy to farmers but also as a tool to aid in price management. A well-designed MSP system can provide income support to farmers and also serve as a complementary tool to control food inflation.

Administrative Tribunals Act, 1985Administrative Tribunals Act 1985 - The relevant State Government has the implied power to issue a request to abolish the SAT in its state to the Union Government....

The HC said, “The SSP, Fatehgarh Sahib, is directed to file his reply positively before the next date of hearing,”while adjourning the matter for February 26.

Farmers demanding legal guarantee for MSP have invoked recommendations of the National Commission on Farmers, which said MSP should be ‘at least 50% more than the weighted average cost of production’

The farm unions demanding a statutory guarantee of minimum support prices marching towards Delhi have put the Government of India in a bind. Not only is a legal guarantee tough to implement and sustain, the expert panels report that could have suggested a way ahead is not available with the government

A joint investigation was conducted on Friday by Police Crime Branch, Food Department, Indore at 38-B Khizravad Colony, Khajrana, Indore. On the spot, Shakir Shah transfers gas from a machine on the third floor of a three-storey narrow house in a dense residential area, in which 5 families live on