Stimulus a giant step forward in helping farm sector attain global primacy

It is important to sustain the momentum being built on key reforms for India to become a global powerhouse in agriculture and for farmers income to rise in sync with the rest of the economy

Crisis is a time for unified action and revisiting the assumptions of the past. The farm sector and farmers have observed the economic growth story of the country from the sidelines, often constrained by policies that outlived the economic realities within which they were designed. 

The slew of reforms announced as part of the Government’s stimulus package for the agriculture and allied sector promises to change the way farmers interact with the marketplace, introducing more actors in the processing and small food enterprises across agriculture and allied sectors. 

Due to the current structure of agriculture markets and several initially well-meaning