8 sister states

And a step-fatherly Centre

Ever felt dumped on?

Has lifting subsidies depressed fertiliser use?

A survey reveals that while using fertilisers, farmers are seldom guided by their price alone.

Changing tack

What's wrong with cheap energy?

Autonomy for Delhi zoo

Five takeaways from Economic Survey 2016

One of the key findings from this analysis is increasing inequality in income in India

What price subsidies?

Fortification plans

In Short

North gets soft options on subsidy cuts

Small increase in exports can boost income

Brushing aside environmental costs

Water, Marathwada women’s woe: Inclement weather affecting farmers’ mental health, social standing

Market does not support the farmers even if they manage to harvest the crops

CHINA

Lok Sabha passes Aadhaar Bill as a single window to distribute subsidy

Opposition terms move a ‘conspiracy to undermine the Rajya Sabha’

Subsidising renewables

No food talk

Rich and poor leaders give the World Food Summit a miss. They don't care for the hungry.

Cottoning on disparity

WTO special subcommittee formed to scrutinise subsidies

Torn to shreds

US stand on cotton subsidies rejected by WTO

Budget attempts to provide relief to drought-hit farmers

But boost in agriculture budget not enough, say experts

Sop story

Agricultural deal eludes WTO

Repercussions for new international trade deal

Biogas rediscovered

Innovative Vidarbha farmers make biogas plants viable.

Black money

Economic concerns make the US promote unclean fuel