It has been thirty years since the big-picture reforms started in India with economic liberalisation in 1991. Over the past few years, the government has ushered a series of framework reforms including the Jandhan-Aadhaar-Mobile, Monetary Policy Framework, Insolvency and Bankruptcy Code, Good and Services Tax, Labour and Agriculture reforms. It would not be wrong to … Read more
LUCKNOW: Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Friday said the agriculture reforms introduced by the government will connect farmers directly to the market and “send middlemen out of the system”. “The agriculture reforms will give direct benefit to farmers. They will be directly connected to the market and the middleman will be out of the system. … Read more
(This story originally appeared in on Sep 19, 2020) CThree months ago when Parliament was not in session, the Government of India issued three ordinances. Normally ordinances are issued only as an emergency law, and they have to be converted into proper legislation as soon as Parliament reconvenes. These three ordinances were about agriculture and … Read more
The government has undertaken landmark agricultural reforms, freeing farmers from restrictions on sale of their produce and ending the monopoly of traders. Source link