Falling farm prices, drying up of industrial jobs and lesser MGNREGA work have sharpened rural discontent. The Budget cannot ignore these factors in a year of 8 State polls, say TV Jayan and Rutam Vora
According to the Federation of All India Farmer Associations (FAIFA), there is a need to bring in stability in tobacco farm prices and farmers' earnings.
The Madhya Pradesh government has constituted an authority to make recommendations on beneficial pricing and marketing of agricultural produce in the State in the interest of farmers.
“The State go...