The NDA government has completed 15 months in office, which while have been fruitful for various sectors, but one that appears to have been neglected is agriculture. Now is the time to address some long-pending reforms in this sector. Although the government’s development agenda has included a major push on the Land Acquisition Bill, other key agriculture-focused reforms, including seed and pesticide Bills, have been ignored. PM Narendra Modi, during his recent address to the Fellows of the National Academy of Agricultural Sciences, made suggestions that have been upheld as the Ten Commandments for agriculture and rural transformation. However, the policy reforms required for implementation...
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