Ajay Vir Jakhar
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#Farmer advocating for farmer livelihoods & regenerative #foodsystems. Chairman @Krishak_Samaj.❤️📖
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Joined October 2010
A debt-burdened India, growing at 6-7% annually, simply cannot afford the 8th Pay Commission. The singular accomplishment of Indian democracy's wealth managers paid to have foresight - civil servants is that - in 22 years between now & envisioned 'Viksit Bharat', basic salary of
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"More graduated young are now unemployed than their non-graduate counterparts.". Due to lack of data and research bias the statement can not be validated but that is the perception from the farm.
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Sourced this image of Punjab. Creation of an extended lake by providing free electricity for irrigation- the only place in the world where humanity has increased air humidity over a vast region. Farmer unions can take credit for this madness.
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Nagpur, Maha images; cotton seed planted by hand, intercropping as derisking strategy, water drawn from open wells, sprinkler for cotton crop, more expensive labour + bullocks used for transport & cultivation. In comparison Punjab farmers live a blissful life & don’t realise it.
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Visiting cotton farmers Wadgaon Bakshi in Warda district - tough life doing intercropping with Tur. I am told 50% of the cotton is HT Bt cotton - which is banned. One farmer asks why doesn’t the govt allow herbicide tolerant Cotton when it’s already so widely used and farmer are
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Likewise:.If India does not sign a trade deal with USA - India’s shrimp export will be decimated. In any trade deal some farmers will benefit & others will lose out depending on the crop & the deal. If we don’t get a deal we still lose out & is not a victory as many may project.
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Today in Nagpur at the invitation of Shri Girish Gandhi ji for a Krushi Vikas Pratisthan program. I will be speaking on less-recognized but critical issues around agriculture - do come to listen in & for interaction;. 5.00 pm onwards, Tuesday 15th July 2025. The Press club,.
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To best explain different policy formulation approaches between those of us who advocate polices for farmers and that made by India’s policymakers, I choose the anecdote by Nikos Kazantzakis; An old man is planting a tree, & when questioned about it, replies, ‘I act as though I'm.
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Its been over 2 years since March of 2023 that we started questioning nano urea - last year in the @IndianExpress - I wrote on the issue of Nano Urea - finally the @AgriGoI reacted - thankfully so. Why did it take the government so long to act?.If you are still scratching your.
Do read my article where I openly contemplate on why the Govt. has not been able to win the hearts of the farming community. Do share your your opinion. As scarcities in agricultural commodities are short-lived, so is “trust”. Just as glut in commodities are long lasting so is
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When consultations are a farce, it undermines the process and comes back to bite. There are similarities in the consultations being held by Mr. @ChouhanShivraj, Minister for @AgriGoI in 2025 and those held by Mr. @Jairam_Ramesh, Minister for Environment & Forests in 2010 with.
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Today India is less than a $4 trillion dollar economy. & this one USA company is valued at $4 trillion. Wake-up to the differences between India and USA when commenting on India-USA trade negotiations or comparing the quantum of subsidies USA gives its farmers or what India
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On you post – 3 comments;.A. Agree one of the contentious issues in the India-USA trade deal is import of agricultural produce. B. FYI - even non-GM hybrids (very common in India and elsewhere) are not self-generating. – so the framing of the issue is wrong. C. Also, every.
The Indian trade delegation is currently negotiating with the US and inevitably the issue of GM foods and seeds has been discussed. Twenty years ago, I warned about the risks of GM foods for consumers and the need for farmers to purchase new GM seeds each year. These seeds are.
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Bharat Krishak Samaj announces a seminar on the India-USA trade deal scheduled for Friday 1st August 2025 in New Delhi. Registration will open on 15th July.
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With regard to India USA trade negotiations - seems like a depreciating rupee ₹ is the means of last resort to safeguard Indian farmers & agricultural production.
India's trade negotiations with USA become even more complex. Signing a deal or interim deal with USA does not guarantee that India has a deal. this Trump ki Sarkar, Ab Ki Bar is a minefield. @ShekharGupta are the bureaucrats in Delhi prepared to navigate?. Reflecting on the
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India's trade negotiations with USA become even more complex. Signing a deal or interim deal with USA does not guarantee that India has a deal. this Trump ki Sarkar, Ab Ki Bar is a minefield. @ShekharGupta are the bureaucrats in Delhi prepared to navigate?. Reflecting on the
We oppose the withdrawal by @NITIAayog of its working paper on India-US trade titled ‘Promoting India-US Agricultural Trade under the new US Trade Regime’. A working paper should incite debate but should not have been withdrawn under duress of some farmer groups or opposition.
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We oppose the withdrawal by @NITIAayog of its working paper on India-US trade titled ‘Promoting India-US Agricultural Trade under the new US Trade Regime’. A working paper should incite debate but should not have been withdrawn under duress of some farmer groups or opposition.
Four months back, in February, I went to the Ministry of Agriculture & others cautioning them to be prepared to give concessions in the expected US-India trade deal. Listen-in. @Krishak_Samaj was the 1st to suggest to concede to allow import of bio-ethanol. The Government seem to.
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Four months back, in February, I went to the Ministry of Agriculture & others cautioning them to be prepared to give concessions in the expected US-India trade deal. Listen-in. @Krishak_Samaj was the 1st to suggest to concede to allow import of bio-ethanol. The Government seem to.
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For India to progress, to drive innovation and investments, its an absolutely imperative to enact laws like Europe’s new Digital Markets Act (DMA) which imposes rules on dominant platforms - "don’t unfairly preference your own services, allow interoperability with.
To generate higher revenue / tax India should look around and think out of the box - it should enact a Digital Services Tax Act (DSTA) - a levy on tech revenues generated from data users – especially when providers do not have a physical presence in the country. Unlike.
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A big trade deal between India and the USA seems eminent - each country is expected to claim it win. BUT. If Indian farmer's get a raw deal - the failure will not only be of the ministry of agriculture not asserting itself, or commerce ministry's lack of capacity but more of the.
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RT @sekharcsc9: @Ajayvirjakhar We had installed the same in the Officers Hostel of our institute about 30 years ago. Recently, we had to di….
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