Serving Farmers and Saving Farming: First Report
The eight-member National Commission on Farmers, chaired by Prof. M.S. Swaminathan, was set up in 2004 by the United Progressive Alliance (UPA) government to assess the extent of India’s agrarian cri
Serving Farmers and Saving Farming: From Crisis to Confidence – Second Report
The eight-member National Commission on Farmers, chaired by Prof. M.S. Swaminathan, was set up in 2004 by the United Progressive Alliance (UPA) government to assess the extent of India’s agrarian cri
Serving Farmers and Saving Farming; 2006: Year of Agricultural Renewal – Third Report
The eight-member National Commission on Farmers (NCF), chaired by Prof. M.S. Swaminathan, was set up in 2004 by the United Progressive Alliance (UPA) government to assess the extent of India’s agrari
Serving Farmers and Saving Farming; Jai Kisan: A Draft National Policy for Farmers – Fourth Report
The eight-member National Commission on Farmers (NCF), chaired by Prof. M.S. Swaminathan, was set up in 2004 by the United Progressive Alliance (UPA) government to assess the extent of India’s agrari
Serving Farmers and Saving Farming; Towards Faster and More Inclusive Growth of Farmers’ Welfare – Fifth & Final Report, Volume I
The eight-member National Commission on Farmers (NCF), chaired by Prof. M.S. Swaminathan, was set up in 2004 by the United Progressive Alliance (UPA) government to assess the extent of India’s agrari
Serving Farmers and Saving Farming: Towards Faster and More Inclusive Growth of Farmers’ Welfare – Fifth Report, Volume II
The eight-member National Commission on Farmers (NCF), chaired by Prof. M.S. Swaminathan, was set up in 2004 by the United Progressive Alliance (UPA) government to assess the extent of India’s agrari
The Women Farmers' Entitlements Bill, 2011
Leading agriculture scientist and Rajya Sabha (2007-13) member Prof. M.S. Swaminathan introduced The Women Farmers' Entitlements Bill, 2011 in the house on May 11, 2012. However, this Bill, introduce
The Scheduled Tribes and Other Traditional Forest Dwellers (Recognition of Forest Rights) Act, 2006
The Scheduled Tribes and Other Traditional Forest Dwellers (Recognition of Forest Rights) Act was enacted on December 29, 2006, and thereafter amended in 2012. It is often referred to as the Forest R
All India Report on Agriculture Census 2010-11
The All India Report on the Agriculture Census 2010-11, now in its ninth series, analyses data at the national and state level. It gathers comprehensive data on different parameters of operational ho
Price Policy for Kharif Crops: The Marketing Season 2017-18
This report, by the Commission for Agricultural Costs and Prices (CACP), provides price recommendations and non-price measures for mandated kharif crops for the 2017-18 market season. The CACP, set u
The Kisan Long March in Maharashtra
This report documents three years – among many decades – of repeated protests and struggles by tens of thousands of farmers and peasants in Maharashtra, led by the All India Kisan Sabha (AIKS). These