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  List of Newspapers during Indian Freedom Struggle Year Name Newspaper/ Journal Founder 1780 Bengal Gazette English newspaper James Augustus Hicky 1819 Samvad Kaumudi Bengali weekly newspaper Ram Mohan Roy 1822 Mirat-ul-Akbar Persian language journal Raja Ram Mohan Roy 1853 Hindoo Patriot English weekly Madhusudan Ray 1854 Rast Goftar Gujarati Newspaper Dadabhai Naoroji 1858 Som Prakesh Weekly newspaper Ishwar Chandra Vidyasagar 1862 Indian Mirror Newspaper Devendra Nath Tagore 1868 Amrita Bazar Patrika Newspaper Sisir Kumar Ghosh and Motilal Ghosh 1871 Tahzib-ul-Akhlaq...

1. A recent NABARD report highlights that, there is an urgent need to shift in policy focus from ‘land productivity’ to ‘water productivity’. Examine this statement with special focus on climate change.     (150 words, 10M) Ans The report ‘ Water productivity mapping of major Indian crops ’ by NABARD, calls for shift in policy focus from land productivity to efficient water use.   Land productivity is defined as the yield of crops per unit area of land (kg per hectare). Water productivity is defined as yield per unit of water used/applied for irrigation by crop. REASONS FOR FOCUS ON LAND PRODUCTIVITY 1. Policy Issues a. Skewed MSP policy: High minimum support prices for crops such as wheat and rice has incentivized farmers to produce maximum output from their limited land holdings. b. Highly subsidized power supply for farmers: This has resulted in over use of ground water while focusing only on crop yield per unit land area. c. Assured pr...