Support vs procurement

A recent paper by the (CACP) has argued that the "push" factors of the Mahatma Gandhi National Rural Employment Guarantee Act (MGNREGA) are not as important as the economic growth "pull" factors, for increasing agricultural wages. The paper has ...

CACP chairman says large-scale state grain purchases to meet commitments under the bill will lead to higher inflation Jo Winterbottom | Mayank Bhardwaj National Food Security Bill aims to provide subsidized wheat and rice to 70% of the 1.2 billion ...

The combo of the Food Security Bill and the move to revise MSPs using a different methodology from the one used by the CACP will destroy the grain markets and embed inflation permanently in the economy.

Adiscussion paper from the Commission for Agricultural Costs and Prices (CACP) shows that growth boosts rural wages much more than schemes such as the MNREGA. This is not surprising, but yet to guide public policy. MNREGA is essentially a dole and ...

Paddy field image via ShutterstockAs with wheat, the Commission for Agricultural Costs and Prices (CACP) has recommended no more than a five per cent increase in the Minimum Support Price (MSP) for paddy for the 2013-14 kharif crop marketing year, ...

In the last few weeks, the Commission for Agricultural Costs and Prices (CACP) has offered some sensible advice to the government on policy issues concerning the country's farm economy. The pity, however, is that such well-meaning counsel, conveyed ...

Moving towards a direct cash transfer route can help the government cut its food and fertiliser subsidies combined by nearly Rs 60,000 crore in the financial year 2013-14 alone, according to CACP (chairman of the Commission for Agricultural Costs & ...

mics can also be bad politics India's political class never tires of arguing that good economics doesn't usually make for good politics. Just how untrue that is can be best brought out by the latest CAG report on the UPA's flagship MGNREGA programme ...

The Canadian Centre on Substance Abuse (CCSA) joins the Canadian Association of Chiefs of Police (CACP), Public Safety Canada and other organizations to encourage Canadians to safely discard unneeded prescription drugs. National Prescription Drug ...