Pune : The 7th India Land and Development Conference (ILDC) was organized at the scenic campus of FLAME University, known for being a pioneer in liberal education, from November 1st to 3rd, 2023. ILDC champions cross-sectoral, interdisciplinary
The repeal of the farm laws will worsen the inequality challenge in the Indian economy because state capacity to drive reforms are significant and rising in the southern states, widening their difference from the Bimaru (Bihar, Madhya Pradesh, Rajasthan and Uttar Pradesh) states.
A Tribute To Dr Tajamul Haque
Though the global fraternity recognised him as an agriculture economist and land policy expert, his empathy with small farmers distinguished him from other domain experts. outlookindia.com 2021-05-04T21:19:13+05:30
It is with profound grief that I bid goodbye to Dr Tajamul Haque who kept alive the “small farmer” in the glittering power corridors of Delhi.
Though the global fraternity recognised him as an agriculture economist and land policy expert, his empathy with small farmers and organic association with the rural population distinguished him from other domain experts.
Tajamul Haque was a distinguished faculty member of CSD in which he had also served as its director.
ISSUE DATE: April 26, 2021
UPDATED: April 17, 2021 14:27 IST
Procurement time, Wheat being loaded onto a truck at a mandi
in Amritsar during the Covid lockdown, May 2020
Faced with pressure from the Centre, Punjab is moving towards direct benefit transfer (DBT) to farmers for grain procured for the national granary this season. Fifteen other states that procure grain and other agricultural produce for central agencies, too, have started paying farmers directly or have agreed in principle to do so. This replaces the age-old system of paying farmers through ‘arthiyas’ or procurement agents.
Arthiyas facilitate trade in APMC (Agricultural Produce Marketing Committee) mandis for a fee. In Punjab, the total market charges for trade in agricultural produce is about 9.5 per cent of the crop value, including the 2.5 per cent commission paid to arthiyas. The state’s farmer unions, which are agitating against the new central farm laws, want the arthiya system to continue.
NEW DELHI: Amidst the ongoing farmers’ agitation, former senior official of NITI Aayog and agriculture expert Tajamul Haque has called for amendments in the contentious farm laws for longtime objectives of agriculture.
Haque, former chairman of the Commission for Agriculture Cost and Prices, said that the government should give a legal sanctity to the MSP without committing for 100 per cent public procurement to protect the interests of the farmers.
Quoting the NSSO data, Haque argued that even in the case of major crop like kharif paddy only 29 per cent of the total quantity sold was through the mandis, while 49 per cent was sold to local private traders and input dealers at lower prices.