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.
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JNU debate can’t be restricted to which university charges more fees. Reality is public universities today are hard put to maintain financial equilibrium.
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Migration in North India isn’t just due to lack of development today. It was shaped by the evolution of labour markets under Sher Shah, Mughals, and the East India Company.
December oil imports from Russia may drop nearly 50%, but Indian buyers already shifting to non-designated Russian entities and opaque trading channels to keep Russian oil flowing.
New Delhi is interested in firming up bilateral agreements for increased trade, mobility, upgrade of Su-30 MKI fighters and the increased range of BrahMos supersonic missiles.
The India-South Africa series-defining fact is the catastrophic decline of Indian red ball cricket where a visiting team can mock us with the 'grovel' word.
Let’s wait and watch. Hopefully this will not turn out to be like power sector ‘reforms’ where actually nothing was reformed. This government’s record doesn’t inspiremuch confidence. For the past 70+ years governments in India have largely succeeded in making a complete mess of it’s most important sector agriculture.
Excellent article. I suspect as usual the vested interest of the bureaucracy is in fault. The law changes seems to be thought by economists but lawyers and bureaucrats wanted their cuts to be maintained.
if even after amendment of the ECA govts. can impose unpredictable impositions, thanks to some vaguely defined terms and conditions, then what new actually has been done. Let’s wait n watch till the seasonal spike in prices of onion n tomatoes.
Let’s wait and watch. Hopefully this will not turn out to be like power sector ‘reforms’ where actually nothing was reformed. This government’s record doesn’t inspiremuch confidence. For the past 70+ years governments in India have largely succeeded in making a complete mess of it’s most important sector agriculture.
Excellent article. I suspect as usual the vested interest of the bureaucracy is in fault. The law changes seems to be thought by economists but lawyers and bureaucrats wanted their cuts to be maintained.
if even after amendment of the ECA govts. can impose unpredictable impositions, thanks to some vaguely defined terms and conditions, then what new actually has been done. Let’s wait n watch till the seasonal spike in prices of onion n tomatoes.