Academic freedom aplenty in Higher Educational Institutions
The recent developments in the Ashoka University in the private sector where two Professors left is inappropriately being extrapolated to
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Economic policy blog
Can cancer treatment cost and DALYs reduce due to Simarouba glauca phytomedicine?
In the last 25 years, the burden of cancer in India has increased by 200 percent killing 0.7 ml (in
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Correlative rights to benefit farmers through groundwater law
Water is a gift of nature in both surface water through rivers, canals, tanks, keres, kattes, kalaynis, as well as
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Value of groundwater in Punjab is Rs 23500 per hectare
What is the use value of groundwater in Punjab contributing 11.85% of India’s rice production and 40% of central pool
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Are APMCs market fee collection centres or Market Development Centres?
Protagonists opposing the new farm laws benefit by analysing the role to be played by Agricultural Produce Market Committees (APMCs)
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Total economic value of water for World Water Day
‘Water is the elixir of life’ is easier said than appreciated even on World Water Day the 22 nd March.
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ICTs, IoTs and AI at best can complement but not substitute education and capacity building
Information and Communication Technologies (ICTs), Internet of Things (IoTs) and Artificial Intelligence (AI) have been fascinating human kind in different
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Neglect of agricultural extension responsible for misinformation on farm laws and policies
Since green revolution, food production has been growing at 2.3 percent, more than the population growth rate, disproving the Malthusian
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What is the value of biodiversity?
Biodiversity is diversity of species, of genetic variations within one species, and of ecosystems. About 40 per cent of the
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Economic contribution of Farm Universities
 Farm Universities in India have the mandate of teaching, research and extension in addition to policy making in the interest
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