Budget 2022: Key recommendations to the government for Agri & Dairy
The finance minister will be announcing her Budget measures soon. Once again, you can expect her to assure the country that all-is-well. This is a song we have heard for the past several years. Yet each year, GDP growth has been dismal. (See chart). True, GDP grew in 2021, but when compared with the negative…
Budget 2022: Key recommendations to the government for Agri & Dairy
The finance minister will be announcing her Budget measures soon. Once again, you can expect her to assure the country that all-is-well. This is a song we have heard for the past several years. Yet each year, GDP growth has been dismal. (See chart). True, GDP grew in 2021, but when compared with the negative…
Need for financial support programme for organic food entrepreneur :AIOI
The Association of Indian Organic Industry (AIOI), a membership driven nonprofit organization registered under Section 25 of The Companies Act,1956, had organised a Webinar on 10th January 2022, Milk Co-operatives ,Diary Industries, Farms,Farmers , Startups ,Certification Bodies and consumers participated in the Webinar. Dr PVSM Gouri ,CEO and Executive Director AIOI in her welcome speech…
India’s dairy sector is a sensitive area in trade deals with the UK
Last week, India and the United Kingdom officially launched negotiations for a free trade agreement (FTA), with the aim of concluding it by the end of the year or early 2023. This is to ensure bilateral trade is doubled by 2030. “We aim to double trade between our countries by the end of this decade, supporting…
Need for financial support programme for organic food entrepreneur :AIOI
The Association of Indian Organic Industry (AIOI), a membership driven nonprofit organization registered under Section 25 of The Companies Act,1956, had organised a Webinar on 10th January 2022, Milk Co-operatives ,Diary Industries, Farms,Farmers , Startups ,Certification Bodies and consumers participated in the Webinar. Dr PVSM Gouri ,CEO and Executive Director AIOI in her welcome speech…
India’s dairy sector is a sensitive area in trade deals with the UK
Last week, India and the United Kingdom officially launched negotiations for a free trade agreement (FTA), with the aim of concluding it by the end of the year or early 2023. This is to ensure bilateral trade is doubled by 2030. “We aim to double trade between our countries by the end of this decade, supporting…
A leaf out of Telangana’s Cooperatives : Collective Action
Farmers’ protest against the farm laws and subsequently their rollback by the government reflect the culpability of the market in the mess that the agricultural profession is in today, and is also evidence on whether, and how, the state and market have responded to the agrarian crisis that germinated over six decades ago. The results…
DAIRY POLICY A leaf out of Telangana’s Cooperatives : Collective Action
Farmers’ protest against the farm laws and subsequently their rollback by the government reflect the culpability of the market in the mess that the agricultural profession is in today, and is also evidence on whether, and how, the state and market have responded to the agrarian crisis that germinated over six decades ago. The results…
Leverage WTO norms to reform the MSP regime: Phase out the freebies
It’s in India’s own interest to phase out free supply electricity and water and focus on productivity boosting infrastructure The macroeconomic impact of MSP has been neglected in the current debate. It worked, over the years, as a push keeping Indian inflation high. The short-term rise in farmer incomes it delivered was soon eroded, leading…
How Multistate cooperatives function and why govt plans to amend the law
On Sunday, Union Home and Cooperation Minister Amit Shah announced that the Centre has decided to amend the Multi State Cooperative Societies (MSCS) Act, 2002 to “plug the loopholes in the Act”. He was speaking at the convocation of the Vaikunth Metha National Institute of Cooperative Management, Pune. What is the Act, and what are…