FAS Webinar | Agriculture and Budgets in India
FAS Webinar | Agriculture and Budgets in India “Indian agriculture is in the midst of a long-term problem in terms of slowdown of productivity growth, lack of employment generation and…
Handling Unit-level Data of NSSO’s SAS 2019 Using R: A Guide for Beginners
The sample surveys conducted by India’s National Sample Surveys or NSS (formerly known as the National Sample Survey Office and the National Sample Survey Organization – NSSO) under the Ministry…
Remembering Madan Gopal Ghosh
The Foundation mourns the death of Madan Gopal Ghosh, former Vice President of the All India Kisan Sabha and former President of the West Bengal Krishak Sabha, on April 21,…
FAS Congratulates AIAWU
The Foundation for Agrarian Studies congratulates the All India Agricultural Workers Union (AIAWU) for the successful conduct of its 10th All India Conference from 15th to 18th February, 2023. It…
FAS Congratulates Vijoo Krishnan
The Foundation for Agrarian Studies heartily congratulates Dr. Vijoo Krishnan on being elected as the General Secretary of the All India Kisan Sabha (AIKS) at its 35th All India Conference.…
Environmental Release of GM-Mustard in India: Cause for Hope
On October 26th, 2022, the Genetic Engineering Appraisal Committee (GEAC), India’s biotech regulator under the Ministry of Environment, Forests and Climate Change, recommended the “environmental release” of genetically modified (GM)…
Deregulation of Agricultural Marketing: How has it Affected the APMC System in Karnataka?
In December 2020, in line with the Central Farm Laws, the Government of Karnataka passed an amendment to the Karnataka Agricultural Produce Marketing (Regulation and Development) Act, 1966. This amendment…
Remembering Professor Abhijit Sen
The Foundation for Agrarian Studies is deeply saddened by the death of Abhijit Sen -- a longtime friend and mentor to the researchers at the Foundation, and a member of…
Remembering Professor S Parasuraman
The Foundation expresses its profound sorrow at the passing of Professor S Parasuraman, Former Director of the Tata Institute of Social Sciences. These are photographs of Dr Parasuraman at the…
Kharif MSP Announcement has to be Reconciled with Rising Costs across India
The Minimum Support Prices (MSP) for kharif crops that will be marketed in the 2022-23 season were announced by the Union Cabinet Committee on Economic Affairs (CCEA) on June 8,…
