Indra Shekhar Singh

AN ‘AATMANIRBHAR’ SEED SECTOR NEEDS TO BE MORE EXPORT-ORIENTED

November 4, 2020

The Indian seed industry has made rapid progress in the past 50 years. The seed industry has matured due to the efforts of thousands of seed men and women who have created a strong R&D base in our nation, giving us a competitive advantage in the production of quality seeds....

Aatmanirbhar Bharat needs an Aatmanirbhar seed sector

September 22, 2020

Much stress has been laid on Aatmanirbhar Bharat, and even more on the fact that agriculture will be the backbone of the economy in times to come. But can we have a self-reliant India, or even self-reliant agriculture, without a sovereign seed sector? The Indian government needs to revisit some...

Greening Delhi needs more will power than wallet power

August 31, 2020

What happens when the cars and emissions rise in our cities? When the silence of the trees is robbed and the radiance of the sun is fogged by flumes and honks? Would we readapt to sooty skies? Do we urban citizens have a moral imperative to save our environment? These...

Time to switch to natural ways to fight locusts

June 17, 2020

With no end in sight, the locust swarms maraud deeper into India, stroking anxieties of farmers and the government alike. Reports from the ground indicate that lately, locusts have been sighted in trans-Yamuna areas of Allahabad and may be well on their way towards Bihar, via drier parts of Varanasi....

MONEY ISN’T THE REAL WEALTH, BIODIVERSITY IS

June 5, 2020

Mayday! Mayday! Pollution, climate chaos and now Covid-19, Spaceship Earth needs to take a desperate reset, before all systems burn down. Nature is fed up, and on this World Environment Day 2020 as India battles devastation of Nisarga and Amphan, we need to reorient our “mind’s eye” to see real...