Ashok Gulati writes: If India has been so successful in reducing poverty and improving food availability, why does it have to give almost free food to more than 800 million people under the National Food security Act?

NEW DELHI: In a decision intended to bolster its promise that new farm laws will not result in dismantling of “mandis”, the Cabinet on Thursday approved modifications to financing under the ‘agriculture infrastructure fund’, allowing it to be used for strengthening state-regulated agriculture markets. The fund has […]