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The biggest reform, or a farce in 3 Acts?

India has one of the world's largest arable landmasses, focused sunshine, and water in 40% of land, and so, if the three laws are implemented, India will be transformed

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Debashis Basu
On June 3, the Narendra Modi government made three historic moves that have the potential to dramatically transform India very quickly. One, amendment to the Essential Commodities Act, 1955, which will free the prices of cereals, pulses, oilseeds, edible oils, onion, and potatoes from stock limits, except in the case of natural calamities like famine. Two, allowing farmers to sell their crop to anyone, anywhere. Under current laws, they can sell only licensed traders in APMC (Agricultural Produce Market Committee) mandis near them. The APMC is controlled by politicians acting as a cartel, who gobble up the bulk of the
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