Morning Digest | Food prices to cool soon, says FinMin; Piyush Goyal cautions protesting onion farmers against ‘political opponents’, and more

Morning Digest | Food prices to cool soon, says FinMin; Piyush Goyal cautions protesting onion farmers against ‘political opponents’, and more

India’s inflation woes are not over yet but food price spikes may be “transitory”, the Finance Ministry said on August 22, attributing the latest spike in headline inflation to global uncertainties triggered by the termination of the Black Sea Grain Initiative. | Photo Credit: SUSHIL KUMAR VERMA U.S. will issue record number of visas this … Read more

Agriculture reforms will transform rural economy: Ramesh Chand

Agriculture reforms will transform rural economy: Ramesh Chand

NITI Aayog member and agriculture expert Ramesh Chand has hailed the three recently enacted agriculture-related legislations by the Centre saying if implemented in the right spirit, they will take Indian agriculture to new heights and usher in the transformation of the rural economy. “The three policy reforms undertaken by the central government through the three … Read more

Rahul Gandhi ‘disconnected’ with reality of farmers, says V Muraleedharan

Rahul Gandhi ‘disconnected’ with reality of farmers, says V Muraleedharan

KOZHIKODE: Union Minister V Muraleedharan on Sunday slammed the Congress leader Rahul Gandhi over his protests against the Centre’s new farm laws and accused him of being “disconnected” from reality and indulging in ‘publicity stunts.’ Addressing the media here, the Minister of State for External Affairs and Parliamentary Affairs, alleged that the Congress, which championed … Read more