New forests are coming up in areas traditionally used by locals for cultivation, for accessing forest produce, for grazing livestock and even burying the dead.
There are only around 150 Great Indian Bustards left across the country, including 128 in Rajasthan alone and less than 10 birds each in Gujarat, Maharashtra, Andhra Pradesh and Karnataka, the Lok Sabha was informed on Monday.This number of .
The New Farm Laws May Facilitate a Shift in India s Agricultural Export Policy
Increasing agricultural exports from $40 to $100 billion is deemed a ânational imperativeâ to double farmersâ incomes by 2022-23. But it is part of a global agri-business agenda.
A farmer uses his oxen to till his land in front of a satellite dish set up in an adjacent field in Narayangaon September 28, 2012. REUTERS/Vivek Prakash (INDIA - Tags: TPX IMAGES OF THE DAY SOCIETY SCIENCE TECHNOLOGY BUSINESS TELECOMS ANIMALS AGRICULTURE) - RTR38J7K
The July 2020 report of the high-level expert group (HLEG) on agricultural exports, appointed in 2019, by the 15th Finance Commission, confirms the fulcrum role of the three farm laws to facilitate a shift in Indiaâs agricultural export policy, from the previous framework of meeting domestic demands and exporting surplus to targeted exports prioritising the demands of overseas markets.