Most successful, industrialised and fast-growing Asian economies like Japan, South Korea, China, and Vietnam followed this model, as did Indonesia, Malaysia, and Thailand. Why can't India?

Evidence shows Punjab farmers have brought food security and grown richer in the process while Bihar farmers have grown poorer and Madhya Pradesh farmers are striving to move ahead using MSP

Earlier this month, the Indian government had also extended the relaxed norms for onion imports until January 31 in an attempt to boost domestic supply of onions while also ensuring the stability of its price

Experts believe retail inflation is likely to average around 6.3 per cent this fiscal and mostly will remain sticky going forward owing to pick-up in demand across sectors

The CPI inflation continues to remain above 6 per cent throughout this year -- except in March -- higher than the Reserve Bank of India's comfort zone of 4-6 per cent

India's national agriculture policy is 20 years old and its response to farm crisis continues to be ad hoc, primarily focused on letting private players provide infrastructure and better remuneration to farmers who have consistently failed to deliver

Banerjee sought to know where the money of the Prime Minister's Citizen Assistance and Relief in Emergency Situations (PM CARES) fund is and wondered why no audit was conducted in it

Similarly, it stated that food inflation stood at 8.21 per cent in October against 7.51 per cent of the previous month (September 2020) and 8.60 per cent during the corresponding month (October 2019) a year ago

Consumer price inflation continued to rise in Ocotober as prices in food basket remained high during the month; vegetables, pulses and protein products remained costlier, driving inflation higher

The previous high in the CPI was witnessed at 7.59 per cent in January 2020

After the third stimulus package last month, Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman had said that the option for another stimulus package has not been closed

The cooperative has asked bidders to supply 40 to 60 mm size of red onions from any country of origin at Rs 50 per kg by November 20

Onion prices have seen a massive surge in several parts of the country as heavy downpour continues to damage crops. The price of onion has touched the Rs 100 mark in Pune, Maharashtra among other states.  According to a trader, the rise in price of onion is due to supply crunch from farms which have been affected due to heavy rains. Watch the video for more details.

This buffer stock of onion is created and maintained by Nafed on behalf of the government to be used for interventions in times of onion crisis

The government said action under the Prevention of Black-marketing and Maintenance of Supplies of Essential Commodities Act, 1980, would be taken to prevent any hoarding, black marketing of onions by unscrupulous elements

According to estimates by the Maharashtra State Onion Growers' Association (MSOGA), 50 per cent of kharif and late kharif onion crops were damaged by heavy rain

The biggest fear of these new agri laws among the respondent farmers (57 per cent) was that they would now be forced to sell their crop produce at a lower price in the open market, while 33 per cent farmers fear the government will end the system of minimum support price (MSP), showed survey

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