Punjab, Ministers, Cricket and Wheat Imports

May 19, 2007 in agrarian, agriculture, allergies, asia, asian, bihar, blogs, buniyad, chairman, chidambaram, commission, contract, cotton, crops, debt, drought, economy, farm, farmer, federation, fertilizers, finance, gm, harvesting, haryana, india, information, japan, kashmir, kisan, lanka, mantralaya, mantri, monitoring, monsoon, mustard, organic, organization, package, pawar, peasants, pesticides, plantations, pmpackage, political, pressure, rains, rainwater, relief, retail, subsidies, subsidy, sugar, sugarcane, suicides, trade, up, urban, vidarbha, world, wto, zubani

Subsides for sugar exporters and love for wheat importers – Googly bowling by Indian Cricket Minister :
For the second year in the running, India is importing wheat. Last year the government justified imports on account of lower production. This year it is being justified in the name of higher prices for farmers.
In order to meet [...]

New Agrarian Strategy by 3 Economists

May 15, 2007 in agrarian, agriculture, asia, asian, india, peasants, pmpackage, political, politics, rains, rajasthan, retail, routes, rural, subsidies, subsidy, sugar, sugarcane, trade, up, world, wto

Food Policy Group – http://www.groups.google.com/group/foodpolicy
Buniyad Group – http://www.groups.google.com/group/buniyad
1. I recently saw the interview on DoorDarshan of Shri Devinder Sharma, noted Indian agriculture policy analyst, and his comments regarding the New Thrust to Agricultural Policy and Prime Minister directives to Planning Commission for next 5 Year Plan.
2. I was happy to note that the rhetoric of Second [...]

Kisan Blog

May 9, 2007 in agrarian, agriculture, allergies, american, asia, asian, assam, aubergine, bees, bharat, bihar, blog, blogs, board, body, brinjal, buniyad, chairman, change, chidambaram, chinese, commission, contract, cotton, crops, debt, details, drought, dryland, economy, european, factory, farm, farmer, federation, finance, gm, harvesting, haryana, health, heat, history, honey, imf, india, information, janjati, japan, kashmir, kisan, kolam, lanka, latest, link, links, madhaya, mantralaya, mantri, monitoring, monsoon, mustard, nagaland, news, ocean, organic, organization, package, pawar, peasants, plantations, pmpackage, political, politics, pressure, rains, rainwater, rajasthan, regulation, relief, retail, routes, rural, sri lanka, structural, sugar, sugarcane, suicides, tanks, tea, trade, tribal, up, urban, vidarbha, vietnam, water, weblog, wells, wewa, wiki, world, wto, zubani

Welcome to Bharat Kisan Blog. This blog is devoted to discussing issues relevant to rural Indian economy, the real India as against issues like ups and downs of Sensex, or who is appointed by Indian Cricket Minister as the next Indian cricket team coach.