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The government issued an order requiring all businesses to market their goods under the brand name "Bharat" in order to standardize fertilizer brands across the nation. Under this scheme, all fertilizer companies will be manufacturing fertilizers under one brand name which will ensure uniformity and reduce confusion among farmers. The budget for fertilizer subsidies has been increased to 25% as compared to last year. This scheme will also ensure cost-effectiveness.
The Haldwani case presents a classic case of answerability to the poor by various development authorities who have designed and planned cities in the past.
A flawed process led to erroneous policy which is counterproductive and which resulted in not only damage to democracy but to huge adverse impact on the public, especially the poor. The process by which a policy is arrived at, also determines the outcomes. Can it then be said that the process was legal, even if formally, so the achievement of the objectives does not matter? The Supreme Court’s majority judgment on demonetization is based primarily on the premise that demonetization had a `reasonable nexus’ with the objectives sought to be achieved.
In India, state agricultural universities (SAUs) are mandated to cover teaching, research, and extension to promote new agricultural technologies and enhance farmers’ welfare. G.B. Pant University of Agriculture and Technology, the first SAU established in 1960 in Uttar Pradesh, oversaw agricultural teaching, research, and extension with a mandate to support agricultural and allied activities like animal husbandry and fisheries across the state.
India has a potentially big role to play on the world stage, but cannot do it without inclusive democracy at home
In the Free Trade Agreements (FTAs) each side tries to get the best bargain for its market access and effort is made to have some sort of a balanced outcome mechanism.
West Asia never ceases to spring surprises. 2022 was no different in that regard except that conflicts became milder, but the Black Swan events did not spare them either.