Context: Union Agriculture Minister Shivraj Singh Chouhan launched the iKhet Bachao Abhiyan (Save the Farm Campaign) on October 22 in Karnal, Haryana, urging farmers to adopt balanced fertiliser use during the rabi season.Core issue: Distorted fertil...

Context: Punjab’s groundwater extraction has reached 152%, making groundwater depletion both an environmental and socio-economic challenge.The crisis is increasingly affecting small and marginal farmers, who lack the capital needed to access deeper g...