Former Himachal CM Shanta Kumar, who headed a committee formed by Modi govt to study agricultural reforms, says most small farmers don’t benefit from MSP.
Economic Survey 2019-20 blames the 1955 EC Act and the Food Corporation as govt interventions that have undermined markets and held back agricultural growth.
Modi government has been transferring a part of its liabilities to FCI by giving it loans from NSSF and lowering the actual food subsidy in the budget.
Over generations, Bihar’s bane has been its utter lack of urbanisation. But now, even Bihar is urbanising. Or let’s say, rurbanising. Two decades under Nitish Kumar have created a new elite in its cities.
Indian govt officials last month skipped Turkish National Day celebrations in Delhi, in a message to Ankara following its support for Islamabad, particularly during Operation Sindoor.
Bihar is blessed with a land more fertile for revolutions than any in India. Why has it fallen so far behind then? Constant obsession with politics is at the root of its destruction.
Shanta Kumar never did farming. His policies were largely biased and against the peope. That’s why people of HP rejected him from State’s active politics for ever. Fake idealist.
Look at his recommendations on merit instead of saying he is not a farmer or rejected from active politics. Many agriculturists have suggested similar reforms.
Shanta Kumar never did farming. His policies were largely biased and against the peope. That’s why people of HP rejected him from State’s active politics for ever. Fake idealist.
Look at his recommendations on merit instead of saying he is not a farmer or rejected from active politics. Many agriculturists have suggested similar reforms.