BUSINESS
Rollback Under Duress: How reform attempts in the sugar and fertiliser sectors have fared
Attempts to free sugar mills from government control ended because the mills couldn’t cope with populist sugarcane pricing and production gluts. Decontrol of prices of phosphatic and potassic fertilisers was reversed after a decade of moderate success because of global supply shocks. Complete deregulation will have to wait for a developed India
BUSINESS
Government’s resolve on agriculture reforms will be tested in 2022
From working out the modalities of a floor price for agricultural produce to tackling rising commodity inflation while balancing the needs of end users and farmers, ensuring high productivity to contain food prices and putting in place a robust supply chain infrastructure, the government has its task cut out
ECONOMY
Impact of COVID-19 second wave on India’s agriculture
For agriculture to make a positive contribution to GVA this year, the spread of COVID-19 in rural India needs to be prevented by using all possible means
