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Farmers no gainers in

DALIT-BAHUJAN ANGLE SUKHPAL KHAIRA’S
MAKES KAALA ONE-OF-ITS- CONTROVERSIAL REMARK Minimum Support Price hike
KIND FILM BACKING ‘REFERENDUM
Kaala has potential to 2020’ LANDS AAP IN SOUP
democratise the film Opposition leader
industry by carving a Sukhpal Singh Khaira
dignified space in which landed himself and AAP
the imaginative fiction in a soup by backing the
of the marginalized controversial demand
people can be showcased for `Punjab Referendum
without fear, writes 2020’, writes
Harish S. Wankhede Rajendra Khatry

ICICI BANK CEO GOES ON FREEDOM OF PRESS IS
LEAVE AMID HIGH DRAMA AT STAKE AS THERE IS A
Newly elevated COO METHOD IN MADNESS
Sandeep Bakshi, who was Murder of Shujaat
subordinate to Kochhar Bukhari, Gauri Lankesh
at the bank, will continue and Santanu Bhowmik
to report to her after she highlights the dangers
resumes office as hunt that reporters and
for new chairman begins, editors face in India,
writes Bharat Hiteshi notes Charanjit Ahuja
and Pari Saikia
• Price hike Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s recent ‘thanksgiving’ rally in Punjab in the wake of the
The govern-
ment has MSP hike uncovers the clear intention of the Government. Far from farmers’ welfare, it’s a
raised MSP for pure political decision eyeing the electoral gains, writes KOMAL AMIT GERA
paddy by 12-13
FIFA WORLD CUP 2018: IS INDIA READY TO GIVE per cent across
FOOTBALL FEVER GRIPS MODI ANOTHER CHANCE? all varieties here is no gainsaying Government of India grabbed head- able rural vote bank.
THE GLOBE While BJP seems to that the farmers will lines recently. The issue is of para- It is not only the farmer who
When Indian football be refashioning its benefit if the Minimum mount significance, not because it gains or loss in case the commodity
captain Sunil Chhetri strategy to gear up to Support Price, that acts affects farmers, the producers of prices fetch decent returns; it is the
pleaded recently with the challenges of the T as a benchmark for food grains (rather they occupy the entire value chain in the produc-
Indian football fans to upcoming Lok Sabha the determination of commod - lowest slot in the hierarchy while tion, distribution and marketing of
support the national elections, Congress is ity price in the open market, is deciding on redistribution of na- agriculture commodities that derive
hiked and implemented; however,
tional income among the economic benefit from this.
football team, the gaining momentum and there are many dimensions to this agents) but suits the incumbent po- The metrics of Minimum Sup-
message was clear finding a foothold in declaration. litical alliance, which is gearing up port Price, its implementation,
that football fever creating a narrative that The recent announcement of the to face General Elections next year scope, leakages, alternatives, eco-
has gripped the globe, can hold some interest, revision of Minimum Support Price and assembly elections prior to that nomic repercussions, and electoral
writes Manik Ahuja writes Priti Prakash of 14 kharif crops for the Kharif Mar- in states of Chhattisgarh, Rajasthan gains and so on can be evaluated
keting Season (KMS) 2018-19 by the and Madhya Pradesh; having a siz- from the perspectives of different

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