Economic reforms defy its purpose
The Economic Reforms announced by the by Finance Ministry in 2020 won’t have much impact on farmers lives.
The Economic Reforms announced by the by Finance Ministry in 2020 won’t have much impact on farmers lives.
The lockdown impacts different farming spaces differently and unless the bureaucracy consults the affected stakeholders the farm sector crisis will only deepen.
As the Indian economy flounders the bigotry of those who make policy for the affluent only eats into the core of Indian society.
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The pandemic has deepened the farm crisis and the stimulus pales into insignificance when compared to inexorable disenfranchisement of the farmer.
The barrage of negative farm sector news highlights policy mess extenuating the imponderables around livelihoods in this space where even suicides are not correctly counted.
Farmer unions must understand the wider implications of all policies and widen the horizon of their arguments vis-a-vis farmer rights and policy wrongs.
Farmer unions have confined themselves to issues that resonate with farmers but missing the big picture around genuine transformation of rural livelihood across India.