In the run-up to the big 2019 elections, the last few months of the Narendra Modi-led government seem to have been defined by a prevailing agrarian crisis. While the Centre, the opposition and the state governments jostle to provide fiscal support and farm loan waivers, fundamental reform for land use is being overlooked. It has a cascading effect on productivity, growth, and access to credit.
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