Punjab can go back to 5% farm growth through right mix of policy: ICRIER

Paper suggests state should shift to maize cultivation in the upcoming kharif season

Punjab can go back to its glorious past when the state registered a high farm growth rate by following a four-pronged strategy to revive the sector.

According to a paper published by the Indian Council for Research on International Economic Relations (ICRIER), the state needs to shift to maize cultivation instead of growing paddy in the upcoming kharif season.

Among the other measures charted out in the paper titled- 'Getting Punjab Agriculture Back on High Growth Path: Sources, Drivers and Policy Lessons'- were suggestions of promoting growth of horticulture in at least 10 per cent of its gross cropped area