Part-7: Will farmers get a bad deal by privatization?
It is rather inane to say that Mandis would shut down because of privatization as the Indian Government is duty bound to provide foodgrains…
12 January 2021
Indian Economy
Part-6: Are the protests non-political?
While the ruling party has accused the Congress, SAD and AAP of both promising and supporting changes in APMC earlier and now walking back…
12 January 2021
Part-5: Are farmers from all over India protesting?
Contrary to mischievous media reports that “All Indian Farmers are up in arms”, it would be more accurate to say that “Rich Punjabi farmers,…
11 January 2021
Part-4: Who are the vested interests
The middlemen (arhatiyas) are the most hurt through the farmer law changes. They used to get away charging 2% commission to the farmers and…
11 January 2021
Part-3: Long term consequences of no reforms
Agricultural survey indicate that farmer are not blind to their predicament - about 40-50% of children of farmers want to get out of farming…
11 January 2021
Part-2: What is the current condition of Indian agricultural supply chains
Because farmers are short sighted, they fail to understand their best welfare is to notice economic trends in the market. They need to move…
11 January 2021
Part-1: Introduction to Indian agriculture reforms
Part 1 of a 9 part series: Doleouts, subsidies and lack of foresight has meant that Indian agriculture has deteriorated into a logjam of…
11 January 2021
How important is Donald Trump for India?
India needs Trump support in respect of Trade, Terrorism and Geo-politics. In exchange, the US will get a giant manufacturing market for investment and…
17 October 2020
Why planned economies fail
The primary reason due which planned economies fail is the lack of information regarding market demand.
6 October 2020
The third way
What are BJP's economic policies based on? Who are they getting their advice from? How is it different from the Congress’? Why is it…
9 August 2020