Agriculture Reform: Will Farmers Benefit?

Situation assessment as on 12 October, 2020

Critics question the government argument that farmers now have the choice to sell outside the ‘mandis’ (government markets). The study explains that data shows otherwise and that farmers must be given a genuine choice. Majority of farmers even now depend upon market forces that have not delivered. The study argues why the farmer is against the reform. It also presents the other side of the argument - that here are vested interests against the reform; that the reform gives more benefits than risks etc

Situation assessment for the week ended 12 October (1,998 words)

Price: Rs 800/-

Date of SS: 12, October 2020