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Winners and Losers of Farmers’ Protests and Possible Outcomes

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  Winners and Losers of farmers’ protests and possible outcomes By: Vijay SARDANA The main demands are: Repeal Farm Acts Mandatory MSP under the law Ground reality and the Concern is: There is not enough tax collection to meet the farmers demand of the farmers. Total collection of India is just Rs. 16.5 lakh crores. Farmers demand will cost India more than Rs. 17 lakh crores to support all crops, livestock farmers and fisheries sector at mandatory MSP. Under Law, MSP cannot be restricted to only a few selected crops, logically all poor farmers of all farm produce should be covered.  When MSP is higher than the world market, productivity and quality are poor, imports will flood the Indian market, Exports will dry up. Every year the increase in MSP will increase more imports. (Please check prices in the world market on the internet and compare with MSP). India has surplus wheat, rice and sugar. We do not want more wheat, rice and sugar. The protesting farmers demand more money for their

Pesticide Laws and Regulations - Contest between for Science and Politics hurting the Progress

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Pesticide Laws and Regulations in India Need to address the conflict between Science & Politics in the law-making process in the national interest By: Vijay SARDANA   FICA, MIMA PGDM (IIM-A), LLB, M.Sc. (Food Tech) (CFTRI), B.Sc. (Dairy Tech) PG in Intl. Trade Laws & Alt. Dispute Resolution. IPR, PhD (in Progress) Advocate, Delhi High Court Techno-legal Expert  on Agribusinesses & Agri-inputs, IPR Issues, Commodities Trade & Consumer Products Industries & Founder & Convenor Food Security & Sustainable Agriculture Foundation, New Delhi India and growing food security challenges: The worldwide population is projected to increase to 9 billion by 2050 (United Nations). To accommodate this increase, food production will necessarily need to increase as well. However, new agricultural land is limited, so sustainable production and increasing productivity of existing agricultural land is an important aspect of addressing global food security. India will be the count

Fact Check: : विजय सरदाना से बातचीत : किसान आंदोलन केवल पंजाब में क्यों?

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Fact Check  विजय सरदाना से बातचीत :  किसान आंदोलन केवल पंजाब में क्यों? Click here: https://youtu.be/-0HPNSVgbkY केंद्र सरकार के कृषि कानूनों के विरोध में पंजाब के किसानों का आंदोलन दिल्ली की सीमा पर पहुँच चुका है। क्या यह इन नये कानूनों को लेकर किसानों की बेचैनी है, या पर्दे के पीछे आढ़तियों के धंधे की चिंता है? सवाल यह भी है कि किसान आंदोलन केवल पंजाब में क्यों हो रहा है? इस अहम सवाल पर देखें कृषि कमोडिटी विशेषज्ञ विजय सरदाना से निवेश मंथन के संपादक राजीव रंजन झा की यह बातचीत.

विशेष कार्यक्रमः कृषि कानूनोंं पर विरोध क्यों ?

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विशेष कार्यक्रमः  कृषि कानूनोंं पर विरोध क्यों ? Click here: https://youtu.be/10dqCRvG8i4?t=470

Taal Thok Ke (Special Edition): एक के बाद एक Bank का 'धोखा' क्यों? |

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Taal Thok Ke (Special Edition):   एक के बाद एक Bank का 'धोखा' क्यों? Click here: Click here: https://youtu.be/ivTA6ggmsuA?t=330

RCEP & India Series (Article 01): Is India competitive enough to join RCEP? The Answer is NO. Why?

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RCEP & India Series (Article- 01) Is India competitive enough to join RCEP?   The Answer is NO. Why?  By: Vijay SARDANA Advocate, High Court Delhi Techno-Legal &Techno-commercial Trade Policy Expert Member on Corporate Boards & various Expert Committees Disclaimer: Views are personal. RCEP represents the future of the global economy due to growing purchasing power, large and young population. Europe is stagnating economy. The US is tapering off. Africa has limited purchasing power. Latin America is not very attractive due to geographical location and less population density. India is a huge potential, but suffering from internal challenges due to outdated laws responsible for slow pace decision making, lack of corporate governance, missing global quality standards, massive adulteration, the slow judicial system and missing innovations. All this leading to the high cost of the transaction and lower margins in the business hence discouraging fresh investments. The fact is, a

हैलो किसान : फार्मिंग एक्ट 2020 | Hello Kisan | Oct. 27, 2020

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