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Shekhar Gupta is Editor-in-Chief of ThePrint and one of India’s most distinguished journalists. A recipient of the Padma Bhushan and multiple journalism awards, he has reported on key events in India and from around the world since the 1980s. At ThePrint, he does a daily online show, Cut the Clutter, in which he dissects, analyses, and contextualises complex daily news developments and current affairs. He also writes his weekly column National Interest.
Brushed up my knowledge by doing a Google search on the three farm laws and find nothing unreasonable about them. Ending the monopoly of the agriculture produce marketing committees, giving farmers more options to sell their produce. Contract farming. Lightening the rigours of the Essential Commodities Act. 2. The reform an audacious government should be attempting is to dismantle the FCI. End very large scale procurement of wheat and rice. A cash transfer to identified families of beneficiaries that allows them to buy food. Charge at least cost of generation to farmers for power supplied to them. No farm loan waivers.
India’s employment scene is so bleak, my concern for the Agniveers would be, What does a man in his early twenties do for the rest of his life. After a brief, four year tour of duty that teaches him little that would be of value in the civilian world. 2. If the Army wants younger soldiers, perhaps the scheme should have been dovetailed with the manpower requirements of the central armed police forces ( one million strength ) and local police forces.
Wishing the wonderful team at Print and their families a joyous Diwali. Asha – Ashok. Ananya from Singapore.