
Shoumitro Chatterjee on Agricultural Markets in India
Ideas of India
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The Procurement in Punjab and Haryana
Punjab and haryana farmers are some of the richest farmers, right? That is one element of subsidization, which i think one must track off. The second aspect of m s p is it doesn't induce or incentivize any one to change course. And this means just huge amounts of environmental degradation riots. It takes many forms. Of course, thre's a ground water depletion by growing paddy in punjab. There's air pollution because of crop burning,. But there is also just and unwillingness to look for alternatives.
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