How Will PM Modi Double Farmers’ Income? European Union Asks India At WTO
…The European Union asked India to explain how PM Modi proposed to spend 25 trillion rupees ($357.5 billion) on agriculture and rural development, doubling farmers’ incomes by 2022 as part of a 100 trillion-rupee, five-year infrastructure splurge.
“How will this be done, taking into account global market prices of produce and measures put in place to prevent excess production?” the EU asked.
The United States queried India’s 5% export subsidy for non-Basmati rice and its growing state buying of wheat at rising prices, despite back-to-back record harvests, noting that it was on track for a record wheat stockpile.…
SEE ALSO:
- 12,021 farmer suicides in Maharashtra in four years (Jun 22, 2019, Indian Express)
https://indianexpress.com/article/india/12021-farmer-suicides-in-maharashtra-in-four-years-5794171/ - Over 800 Farmers Committed Suicide in Maharashtra This Year, Says Report (Jun 15, 2019, News Click)
https://www.newsclick.in/over-800-farmers-committed-suicide-maharashtra-year-says-report - In Marathwada, drought has gone on for so long that farmers have ‘stopped expecting a decent life’ (Jun 19, 2019, Scroll.in)
https://scroll.in/article/927367/in-marathwada-droughts-have-gone-on-for-so-long-that-farmers-have-stopped-expecting-a-decent-life - Matters of Water: Dubious Approvals and the Adani Carmichael Mine (Jun 17, 2019, Countercurrents)
https://countercurrents.org/2019/06/matters-of-water-dubious-approvals-and-the-adani-carmichael-mine
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