Remembering Professor S Parasuraman
The Foundation expresses its profound sorrow at the passing of Professor S Parasuraman, Former Director of the Tata Institute of Social Sciences.These are photographs of Dr Parasuraman at the ceremony…
Kharif MSP Announcement has to be Reconciled with Rising Costs across India
The Minimum Support Prices (MSP) for kharif crops that will be marketed in the 2022-23 season were announced by the Union Cabinet Committee on Economic Affairs (CCEA) on June 8,…
Wheat Export and Food Security: Where Does India Stand?
The Government of India announced a sudden ban on export of wheat on May 13, 2022, a month after Prime Minister Modi claimed that “Indian farmers are feeding the world”…
Women and the Household Food Economy
Women play multiple roles in the food economy, from participation in crop production or production of milk and eggs to cooking and serving food within the household. While women’s work…
How Did the MGNREGS Perform During the Pandemic?
The Union Budget 2022-23 allocated Rs 73,000 crore for the Mahatma Gandhi National Rural Employment Guarantee Scheme (MGNREGS). This was nearly 26 per cent lower than the revised estimate (Rs…
Reflections on the Method of Focus Groups Discussions in Rural India: Experiences from a Tamil Nadu Village
The Covid-19 pandemic has affected the countryside in myriad ways, and rural women particularly so. The International Labour Organization (ILO) has pointed to the vulnerability of women to the pandemic…
Crop Insurance: An Overview from Situation Assessment Surveys
Crop loss is a common characteristic of agricultural households in rural India. Various factors cause crop losses such as the abnormal behaviour of monsoon, i.e. excessive rainfall or drought, cyclones,…
Changes in Income Structure of Agricultural Households: Insights from the Situation Assessment Surveys
The recent NSO report titled Situation Assessment of Agricultural Households and Land and Livestock Holdings of Households in Rural India, 2019 (hereafter referred to as SAS 2019) has re-initiated discussions…
The Paltry Increase in MSP for Rabi 2022-23 Crops Will Not Address the Growing Farming Crisis
The announcement on September 8, 2021 of the Minimum Support Price (MSP) for the upcoming Rabi Marketing Season (RMS) will be seen as adding insult to injury by thousands of…
What does the Situation Assessment Survey Say about MSP and Procurement Operations?
A few days ago, the National Statistical Office (NSO), Ministry of Statistics and Programme Implementation (MoSPI), Government of India published its report number 587 titled “Situation Assessment of Agricultural Households…