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What farmers have to say about Modi government's income support scheme

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What farmers have to say about Modi government's income support scheme
ET Magazine travels to 8 states to meet farmers braving the ongoing agrarian distress and hears them out.
Can India afford welfarism based on handouts
The greater the spending on handouts, the less that remains for spending on productive investment.
George Fernandes: Straight thinker, who fought actual injustices
What drove Fernandes was fighting actual injustices inflicted on the people of the teeming metropolis.
View: Budget 2019 a calculated gamble of Modi govt ahead of polls
The interim budget made it clear that the past five years have been a failure. This was a last-ditch attempt at trying to fool the people.
View: The interim budget is all about balancing short-term needs & long-term vision
The interim budget is a masterful effort to connect India's long-term socioeconomic vision with what the world wants to achieve by 2030.
How a British researcher helped lay principles for organic farming movement in 1930s
IPI was established in the 1920s by the Maharaja of Indore, ostensibly to study cotton. But it also seems to have been a way to offer a research position to Albert Howard, a British agricultural scientist who first come to India in 1905.
Startups are deploying tech to improve farm-to-fork supply chain and offer farmers better prices
Companies like Ninjacart, Crofarm and KrishiHub are now procuring directly from farmers and selling to retailers, thereby eliminating middlemen and tiers of commissions.
Montreux, which was home to Charlie Chaplin and Freddie Mercury, still weaves its Alpine magic
French-speaking Montreux has always enjoyed a rock-star cachet among the rich and famous.
How America became the craft beer capital
Craft beer is expected to have character, unlike the homogenous ones that big companies often produce.
Spring Festival: When China turns red and brighter, and everyone is happier and more patient
Those staying in China's cities during Spring Festival have to stock up on groceries like prepping for a mild apocalypse
Forty years and counting for this scientist's 'eureka' moment; One who shoots photons everyday
A Benguluru-based scientist has been doing a single type of subatomic experiment repeatedly for 40 years. What is he hoping to find out?
While deal-making has exploded, impact investors are struggling to differentiate themselves
The limited partners who invest in such funds are wary of accepting lower returns, the terms these funds offer entrepreneurs in turn are sometimes not markedly different from traditional investors.
Sharp FP-J60M-H review: Effective, efficient air purifier for a large room
Despite the large coverage area, the clever engineering makes it very quiet.
Grow In The Hole review: Simple, 2D golf game with a couple of twists
The power of your shot depends on how far you swipe.
Fuzion review: Merge pictures, and create something new
You need to have an iPhone 8 Plus, X, XS or XS Max for this app to work.
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