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Soon after Prime Minister Narendra Modi took office in 2014, he called for converting challenges faced by farmers into opportunities. He urged Indian states to prioritise the agriculture sector with a target of doubling the income of the farmers by 2022. BE tried to find the present situation of the sector and present it to its readers.

Why Have BJP's Welfare Measures Been Only Partly Successful In Gujarat?

For the first time since 2002, the BJP’s supporters, including the Patels, have criticised the party’s rule in Gujarat because of its economic performance. Resentment among the urban youth has been increasing due to the large number of educated unemployed. Recent data indicate that the number of educated unemployed stood at around 6.12 lakhs in 2016. Additionally, the farmers argue that their daily income, which was ₹264 in 2016, is ₹77 less than the national average.

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Punjab's Professional Tax: An Avoidable Impulsive Proposition

Recently, Punjab’s Finance Minister, Manpreet Badal presented his second Budget, which primarily focused on fiscal consolidation, i.e., mobilising resources and cutting down expenditure.

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Banking On Technology

Way back in 2008, when Arjun Shetty and his wife Rati, both working in Seattle, USA, were exploring various options which included relocating to India, they started looking for financing avenues for setting up their home in Chennai.

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Mechanisation Of Farming Equipment Boosts The Economy

Rural infrastructure is essential for improving the quality of human life in India’s rural hinterlands and for accelerating the process of agricultural development. According to the Wharton School of the University of Pennsylvania, agricultural infrastructure can be categorised into three broad categories.

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Crop Insurance Schemes To Help Farmers

According to the Economic Survey 2018, long-term weather patterns indicate that climate change could reduce annual agricultural incomes in the range of 15% to 18% on average and up to 20% to 25% for unirrigated areas in India.

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Minimum Support Price Should Be More Equitable And Broad-Based

In India, the Commission for Agricultural Costs and Prices recommends the minimum support prices (MSP) for agricultural commodities (currently for 23 products). On the basis of the recommendation, the Government of India announces the MSPs at the beginning of the sowing seasons. The MSP is a form of market intervention by the government which guarantees highest prices at which the government is ready to buy the entire products of certain crops directly from the farmers.

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Weather Forecasting And Sustainability

An idea of sustainability in agriculture

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Are We Letting Our Work Take Away Our Life

Modern life, whatever it means, has made us strive for more. All of us have this innate desire to progress and grow in our professions, careers, and businesses and acquire more fame, wealth, land and accolades. Although growth may be a noble mission, we may get carried away and cross the thin line where progress may involve running in a rat race.

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Uttarakhand As A Hotspot For Yoga And Ayurveda

The telephone poles, windows of cyber cafes and restaurants, and walls of the ashrams are plastered with signs advertising every form of yoga imaginable -- from the traditional, standardized and internationally renowned Iyengar tradition to obscure, mysterious offerings for “Tantra, Yantra and Mantra.” The yoga courses and classes at our own ashram are full to capacity 12 months a year. Students of every religion, every culture and every language flock from every corner of the Earth to come and study asanas, pranayama, meditation and Indian philosophy.

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'Don't Provide Masala To Media'

The Prime Minister finally warns his political colleagues not to provide ‘masala’ for the media.

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