It is here where we are falling short. Government documents do list out the various initiatives on these fronts ranging from reforming the APMC Act to setting up “gyan choupals”. But there is a large gap between the claims and the scale of action required.
For all its flaws, there is little doubt that this government does aim at injecting a new dynamism in the agriculture sector. This requires a greater emphasis on putting the soft infrastructure in place where the agri-sector is concerned. And unlike in the IT sector, dynamism in the agri-sector will have direct ramifications on the election results.
The writer heads the economic research firm, Indicus Analytics laveesh@indicus.net
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