Tag: Swaminathan Commission

By Amit Kapoor, Farmers across the nation are on strike, cutting off vegetables and milk supplies to cities, demanding better prices, loan waivers, power supply and ethanol as fuel -- all this hailing from the Swaminathan Commission's recommendations. It makes one wonder if the agricultural sector is indeed competitive, given its vulnerability to temperature changes and dependence on monsoon. Are we forgetting the agriculture sector and allied activities in the name of progress? Agriculture contributes 17.4 per cent to the GDP and employs 54.6 per cent of the population. However, the...