In today's newsletter, we talk about the unsung heroes and the government's plan to rescue them. Policy The Story On June 27, 2019, a popular author on agriculture policy put out a very interesting tweet. His contention was simple. Around 51 lakh people migrated to agriculture last year and this should be seen positively. In fact, we should actively pursue this endeavour and focus on making farming economically viable. After all, if there’s no potential in agriculture, why would people be moving back? Maybe we have finally turned a corner. Maybe the agrarian economy is healing itself. Maybe the rural problem isn’t as bad as originally conceived. Maybe… Unfortunately, it wasn’t meant to be. Because, although people were migrating back to agriculture, they weren’t doing it because it was a prosperous enterprise. Instead, they were doing it for a very different reason. But before we get to that bit, a short note on farming. Indian Agriculture (on an aggregate
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