Tag Search: “Agriculture”
Temperature and human capital in India
A large proportion of the population in India has agrarian livelihoods that remain climate-exposed. The number of hot days per year in the country are expected to double by the end of this century. T...
- Teevrat Garg Maulik Jagnani Vis Taraz
- 26 March, 2018
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Union Budget 2018: What will the pivot to agriculture cost?
The Union Budget 2018-19 focusses heavily on agriculture and rural development. In this article, Bharat Ramaswami analyses the key proposals pertaining to investment in agricultural markets and infras...
- Bharat Ramaswami
- 14 February, 2018
- Perspectives
The simple economics of clean air
One of the main reasons why north-western India chokes on smog every November is the burning of residue from the rice crop by farmers. In this article, Somanathan and Gupta contend that public auctio...
- Ridhima Gupta E. Somanathan
- 01 December, 2017
- Perspectives
What did demonetisation do to domestic agricultural markets?
When the note ban was announced a year ago, many feared that it would hit agriculture and informal sectors the hardest given the widespread use of cash for transacting in these sectors. Based on analy...
- Nidhi Aggarwal Sudha Narayanan
- 10 November, 2017
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Good monsoon, bad test scores? Substituting away from schooling
Good monsoons in India raise agricultural productivity and hence, bring added work and higher wages. Is this extra work at the expense of schooling for poor children? This column finds that increased ...
- Manisha Shah Bryce Millett Steinberg
- 27 June, 2017
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Demonetisation and agricultural markets
In this article, Aggarwal and Narayanan contend that demonetisation alone cannot turn agricultural markets cashless. Such a shift would require sustained and focussed effort to expand the reach of for...
- Nidhi Aggarwal Sudha Narayanan
- 30 November, 2016
- Perspectives
Demonetisation and rural cooperative banks
The RBI has barred rural cooperative banks from exchanging or accepting the denotified Rs. 1,000 and 500 notes. In this article, Ajay Vir Jakhar of Bharat Krishak Samaj - a non-partisan association of...
- Ajay Vir Jakhar
- 22 November, 2016
- Notes from the Field
Happy Seeder: A solution to agricultural fires in north India
It is believed that much of the pollution in Delhi in November every year originates in the neighbouring states of Punjab and Haryana where farmers burn their fields to dispose of crop residue. This ...
- Ridhima Gupta E. Somanathan
- 12 November, 2016
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Kisan Credit Card programme: Expanded access to credit or expansion of credit?
Kisan Credit Card programme - a key reform in agricultural lending in India - has been operational for almost 20 years now. However, there is little empirical evidence of its impact on intended benefi...
- Somdeep Chatterjee
- 03 November, 2016
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Are grain procurement shocks inflationary?
Central banks in emerging markets grapple with understanding the inflationary impact of grain procurement shocks because the precise link between the agriculture sector and the rest of the economy may...
- Chetan Ghate Sargam Gupta Debdulal Mallick
- 17 October, 2016
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Indian agriculture: How to feed more people with fewer resources
While agriculture in India has achieved grain self-sufficiency, it has become cereal-centric, regionally-biased and resource-intensive. In this article, Swain, Price and Sharma discuss the rising res...
- Gareth Price Ira Sharma Ashwini K. Swain
- 05 July, 2016
- Perspectives
Are banks responsive to credit demand shocks in rural India?
The output of Kharif crops is estimated to decrease by about 2% this year due to deficient monsoon rains in some Indian states. How responsive are commercial banks to a credit demand shock in rural I...
- Sankar De
- 05 October, 2015
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