The repeal of the farm laws could mark an inflexion point in economic policy-making by the Modi government, especially when it overlaps with the states’ policy space. Agriculture is one of them but so are land, labour and electricity. So the retreat from the farm laws is likely to have a significant bearing on the fate of laws that the Centre has made in these arenas as well, writes A K Bhattacharya. Read it here
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Commenting on India’s sub-optimal track record in negotiating international trade agreements, Arpita Mukherjee points out that a continuing