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Ashok Gulati
The writer is chair professor for agriculture at ICRIER. Views are personal
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Ashok Gulati and Purvi Thangaraj write: The Modi government’s nine-year report cardPremium Story
June 12, 2023 07:00 IST
Their performance in terms of GDP growth has been somewhat subdued compared to the UPA. But it has done better in taming inflation, keeping agri-growth respectable, and implementing welfare schemes.
Mon, Jun 12, 2023
Ashok Gulati, Purvi Thangaraj write: Better nutrition, fewer emissionsPremium Story
May 29, 2023 07:35 IST
Savings from reduction in fertiliser and power subsidies can be ploughed into agricultural research, improve food and nutritional security in the face of climate change
Mon, May 29, 2023
Ashok Gulati writes: How to weather-proof food securityPremium Story
May 15, 2023 07:00 IST
Inflation is coming down. But to account for the vagaries of the monsoon, policymakers must check the prices of cereals and milk
Mon, May 15, 2023
Ashok Gulati writes: Ration shops as nourishing centresPremium Story
May 01, 2023 06:55 IST
PDS can be leveraged to provide beneficiaries with nutritious food, purchased through targeted electronic vouchers
Mon, May 01, 2023
Ashok Gulati writes: How food inflation can be managed keeping El Nino in mindPremium Story
April 17, 2023 06:55 IST
It can be kept under check if India uses trade policy wisely, and does not resort to knee-jerk methods
Mon, Apr 17, 2023
Ashok Gulati and Raya Das write: What the government must do to help wheat farmers reeling from unseasonal rainsPremium Story
April 03, 2023 06:45 IST
If we use the right policy instruments, and well in time, both the farmers’ interests as well as the national interest of ensuring food security to its people can be adequately safeguarded
Wed, Apr 05, 2023
Ashok Gulati writes: Why RBI should resist further interest rate hikesPremium Story
March 20, 2023 06:00 IST
India needs to navigate the inflation and growth puzzle carefully. Much of our food inflation is a supply-side phenomenon and tightening monetary policy further may not succeed in taming inflation.
Tue, Mar 21, 2023
How to double India’s farmers’ incomePremium Story
March 06, 2023 06:05 IST
This can be done by increasing productivity through better seeds and better irrigation. It will have to be combined with unhindered access to the best markets
Mon, Mar 06, 2023
Ashok Gulati and Ritika Juneja write: Lessons from Madhya Pradesh’s agriculture modelPremium Story
February 20, 2023 07:13 IST
A well-diversified portfolio in crops is behind the high growth in the state's farm sector. This is inclusive and sustainable and offers a path for other Indian states
Mon, Feb 20, 2023
From doles to development: Budget has done well to reorient government spending on subsidies towards rural infrastructure schemesPremium Story
February 06, 2023 07:10 IST
Ashok Gulati and Ritika Juneja write: The FM has announced an Agri-Focused Accelerator Fund. She also talked of creating digital public infrastructure for agriculture as an open-source, open-standard and interoperable public good.
Mon, Feb 06, 2023
Ashok Gulati writes | Budget 2023: FM Sitharaman does well to hold back on revdis – but there is little for farmers to celebratePremium Story
February 01, 2023 17:37 IST
The budget has done well to rationalise subsidies, shore up fiscal space. On agri-food, however, it is business-as-usual
Thu, Feb 02, 2023
Ashok Gulati writes: Budget should repurpose subsidies while spending more on imparting modern skills to workforcePremium Story
January 23, 2023 07:00 IST
It is this 'revdi' culture that the Prime Minister said that one should watch out for during election times. And 2023-24 is likely to witness nine state assembly elections that would lay down the ground for the 2024 parliamentary election
Mon, Jan 23, 2023
Ashok Gulati writes: How Gautam Adani can help save the environment and increase farmers’ incomePremium Story
January 09, 2023 07:25 IST
Billionaires like Gautam Adani can help increase farmers' incomes by funding solar trees on their farms
Tue, Jan 10, 2023
India needs to increase its spending on research and development to become a global leaderPremium Story
December 26, 2022 07:51 IST
India needs not only technological development and brilliance in various sectors ranging from defence to agriculture to manufacturing, but it desperately needs innovations that can safeguard its basic environment — land, water, and air.
Mon, Dec 26, 2022
India needs to bring down its fiscal deficit which is highest among G20 countriesPremium Story
December 12, 2022 07:53 IST
The best way to proceed is to set up a high level committee of credible professionals to look into this and suggest ways and means to bring in frugality and efficiency in public expenditures of the Centre and the states, making it more growth oriented, creating more jobs and livelihoods, and more environment protecting.
Mon, Dec 12, 2022
India’s high growth a good position for G20, but urban pollution must be checkedPremium Story
November 28, 2022 07:51 IST
Learning from other G20 nations on how to improve AQI in Indian cities and saving millions of lives from choking with every breath need to be put on as high a priority as financial stability and growth in this interconnected world.
Mon, Nov 28, 2022
Why India cannot afford to ignore the GM crop revolutionPremium Story
November 14, 2022 06:20 IST
The agriculture of tomorrow is going to be science-based, and the winners will be those who adopt it and develop it further today.
Mon, Nov 14, 2022
Why we need a more comprehensive index than the Global Hunger IndexPremium Story
October 31, 2022 03:45 IST
Using the FAO’s food balance sheets could enable the GHI to iron out some deficiencies and make it more representative for India
Mon, Oct 31, 2022
Ashok Gulati writes: Balancing climate change and global nutritionPremium Story
October 17, 2022 04:15 IST
The challenge today is to develop technologies that supply the food and nutritional needs of the world while also addressing climate change imperatives. Today, there seems to be a lack of sync between policies and technologies. It is high time India wake up
Mon, Oct 17, 2022
The link between inflation and climate changePremium Story
October 03, 2022 04:20 IST
Ashok Gulati writes: Checking rising food costs will require investing in sustainable agriculture. That, in turn, requires doing away with perverse subsidies
Mon, Oct 03, 2022
Ashok Gulati writes: Out of tunePremium Story
September 19, 2022 04:00 IST
Ashok Gulati writes: An orchestra of multiple instruments is required to deal with the continuing high inflation
Mon, Sep 19, 2022
Ashok Gulati writes: Precision farming needs to be promoted to get more output with less exploitation of natural resourcesPremium Story
September 05, 2022 03:30 IST
Ashok Gulati writes: In India, we have the culture of free power, free water, almost 80 to 90 per cent subsidy on urea, and so on. One critical factor that is needed is the political economy of policies
Mon, Jan 02, 2023
Solar energy: For Amrit Kaal in agriculturePremium Story
August 22, 2022 04:25 IST
Ashok Gulati writes: By making solar energy the ‘third crop’, promoting this innovation on a mission mode, the government can double farmers’ income
Mon, Aug 22, 2022
On food inflation, the humble tomato has challenged the mighty RBIPremium Story
August 01, 2022 04:38 IST
Ashok Gulati and Manish Kumar Prasad write: Monetary policy cannot bring food inflation under control. Curbing inflation in tomatoes, onions and potatoes requires streamlining their value chains
Mon, Aug 01, 2022
With India set to become most populous nation, a prosperity lessonPremium Story
July 17, 2022 20:18 IST
Ashok Gulati writes: Improvement of the country's human development index hinges on providing quality education to the girl child
Mon, Jul 18, 2022