The Subsidy Syndrome in Indian Agriculture
Ashok Gulati and Sudha Narayanan
Oxford University Press
Pages: 297
Price: Rs 645
As an agricultural economist, Ashok Gulati came into the reckoning at the national level, thanks to his contribution to the debate on agricultural subsidies that followed the signing up of the Uruguay Round Agreement on Agriculture.
His theory that Indian agriculture, on the whole, was taxed and not subsidised suited the pro-farmer lobby, not excluding the political parties, most of whom want to project themselves as the farmers
