Three key farm laws have dramatically unleashed new battle-lines across the country. But the problems afflicting Indian agriculture remain basic: lack of water, credit, declining soil fertility, the tiny size of farm holdings and market. All of them need a new solution.
COVID-19 has fast-tracked India’s transition to online learning, but the yawning digital divide must be bridged for it to work effectively
BY Ajit Kumar Jha 3 February 2021
Low enrolment ratio, high graduate unemployment and declining standards pose major challenges to India’s surging higher education sector
BY Ajit Kumar Jha 1 February 2021
MSP has long ceased to be an enabler for farmers. It is more of a political tool to garner votes. And this trend started well before Modi.
BY Ajit Kumar Jha 30 December 2020
Kavitha Kuruganti, an activist working on improving farm livelihoods, explains why the new farm laws are anti-farmer.
BY Ajit Kumar Jha 12 December 2020
NH44…London, Sydney, California. The farm protests of 2020 are far more inclusive, pan-India, even global—than those of the 1940s and ’80s. Only constant: the State’s betrayal.
BY Ajit Kumar Jha 12 December 2020
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