A kisan policy for farmers?
Despite shortcomings, India can achieve higher GDP growth but only when farmers’ views are incorporated in the farm policy fine print, driving the country towards equitable growth.
Despite shortcomings, India can achieve higher GDP growth but only when farmers’ views are incorporated in the farm policy fine print, driving the country towards equitable growth.
Misgovernance and muddled policy have transformed an unequally prosperous rural society to one that is equally distressed, as farmers accept their fate.
No government can come up with effective farm policies without listening to critical inputs from farmers and farmers cannot survive on lip service and political posturing.
Disconnected politicians assume that policies prepared by bureaucrats guarantee their success. The devil is in the details though and numerous imponderables throw them off track
Weather predictions have the same chances of going wrong as a farmer’s guess and the farming space remains shrouded in uncertainty.
A combination of world commodity trends and poor internal policies could unite farmers and be the nemesis of the incumbent government.
Has India really turned the corner courtesy the Land Acquisition Bill or is it political skullduggery?
Colonising via Land Acquisition?
Common sense demands that the government tabulate its own unused lands before embarking on an acquisition spree and targets acquisitions wisely
Land Acquisition Bill is more of a realtor’s dream come true with some states becoming masters of vast territories
Agriculture credit has many shades of grey that help to gloss over the actual quantity of new loans, the beneficiaries and the palm greasing required to access the credit