Government efforts to reform India’s agricultural sector have divided opinions and sparked debate over the state of Indian agriculture. In the context of this debate, two long-standing features of Indian agriculture stand out. First, Indian agriculture is not profitable. Second, it has…
read moreIn the earliest announcement of minimum support prices in at least a decade, Agriculture Minister Narendra Singh Tomar told Lok Sabha that the cabinet had approved increases in the MSP for six crops, including a 2.6 % increase in wheat. Last year,…
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