There is a real risk that the Indian agricultural sector will be left in a state of greater regulatory ambiguity and economic uncertainty, and that farmers will suffer more.
Modi govt has made actual legal changes to implement its policy statements on agriculture reforms. It should now plug loopholes to realise their full potential.
None of the new agri-marketing laws have anything to do with the coronavirus or the lockdown, but were brought in by Modi govt when Parliament was shut.
Many offices in Telangana have asked their employees to work from home because of heavy rainfall, but it has become impossible due to the internet outages.
The Navy has always been on board with the theaterisation plan, but the Air Force feels splitting up air assets into several theatre commands is futile & will tie up critical systems.
Putin sees this as a victory. Europeans have decided to deal with Trump on his terms for the sake of the larger Western alliance. We look at the lessons for us in India.
Wish Pollicy/social science schools in India discussed these issue with this criticality in mind. Instead of just giving mindless assignment and fancy foriegn reading material and for moment teachers get away with their blind bias against government and Modi.
The incumbents will try their best to sustain and perpetuate their reign of rent seeking behaviour purely on account of the agency they have built over time using a heady cocktail of influence built through caste, vote collation, groupism, brute money power and more.
For reforms that are truly impactful, opposition, political or civil, will group together to ensure the core of reforms is altered somehow to render them ineffective. Everyone knows, once allowed to set in, the beneficiaries would be too many and it will be impossible to take these away or rollback entirely.
Wow! Nice to read the other viewpoint as well. It is important to have a variety of reasoned views to choose from. A step towards minimum government interference would help to bolster individual liberty. As reasoned, government needs to ensure others’ liberty is not infringed, I.e. speedier justice.
just like MMS, Mr Modi may also be in the process of finding out that after doing a lot for the underprivileged, they can also vote against you for random, unspecified reasons.
Well, as Bhagwan Srikrishna says to Arjun, “Do your karma, do not worry about the results”. That’s the ultimate truth. We can control our actions. The rest is up to God.
Great take. Would love to read more from the author.
If these bills were so good, then why did govt ram rodded these through parliament. Every shot gun change this govt has attempted, has landed more troubles than solution. In world of pvt players in India, it is the business houses with mega outstanding loans and govt connection are able to grab large market shares. How will it be compared to farmers who feel so depressed that number of them commit suicide for small outstanding loans.
With this act the govt has destroyed the rural economy after decimating city economy with demonetisation etc.
forward 5 yrs India will have hoardes of poor people in rural hinterland eager for revolution.
I AGREE!
Parliamentary Procedure was not followed. The Audio from Parliament went ‘missing’.
What kind of a so-called ‘progression’ is it if the very individuals that Modi is claiming are to benefit from these bills do not want this change!
Every single agricultural economist that I know of is approving the new farm laws. In fact, some are complaining that even more reforms should have been done.
However, political opportunists like Mr. Yogendra Yadav would have us believe otherwise.
Wish Pollicy/social science schools in India discussed these issue with this criticality in mind. Instead of just giving mindless assignment and fancy foriegn reading material and for moment teachers get away with their blind bias against government and Modi.
The incumbents will try their best to sustain and perpetuate their reign of rent seeking behaviour purely on account of the agency they have built over time using a heady cocktail of influence built through caste, vote collation, groupism, brute money power and more.
For reforms that are truly impactful, opposition, political or civil, will group together to ensure the core of reforms is altered somehow to render them ineffective. Everyone knows, once allowed to set in, the beneficiaries would be too many and it will be impossible to take these away or rollback entirely.
Shamika Ravi one of the finest writers/economists/thinkers around in our country.
P.S. I’ll still not subscribe to The Print owing to their overt leftward tilt and giving space to total nincompoops like Shivam Vij et al.
Wow! Nice to read the other viewpoint as well. It is important to have a variety of reasoned views to choose from. A step towards minimum government interference would help to bolster individual liberty. As reasoned, government needs to ensure others’ liberty is not infringed, I.e. speedier justice.
just like MMS, Mr Modi may also be in the process of finding out that after doing a lot for the underprivileged, they can also vote against you for random, unspecified reasons.
Well, as Bhagwan Srikrishna says to Arjun, “Do your karma, do not worry about the results”. That’s the ultimate truth. We can control our actions. The rest is up to God.
Great take. Would love to read more from the author.
If these bills were so good, then why did govt ram rodded these through parliament. Every shot gun change this govt has attempted, has landed more troubles than solution. In world of pvt players in India, it is the business houses with mega outstanding loans and govt connection are able to grab large market shares. How will it be compared to farmers who feel so depressed that number of them commit suicide for small outstanding loans.
With this act the govt has destroyed the rural economy after decimating city economy with demonetisation etc.
forward 5 yrs India will have hoardes of poor people in rural hinterland eager for revolution.
I AGREE!
Parliamentary Procedure was not followed. The Audio from Parliament went ‘missing’.
What kind of a so-called ‘progression’ is it if the very individuals that Modi is claiming are to benefit from these bills do not want this change!
Every single agricultural economist that I know of is approving the new farm laws. In fact, some are complaining that even more reforms should have been done.
However, political opportunists like Mr. Yogendra Yadav would have us believe otherwise.