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Land Reform a Game-Changer that Narendra Modi Government has Overlooked

While the Center, the opposition, and the state governments jostle to provide fiscal support and farm loan waivers, fundamental reform for land use is being overlooked.

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By Anirudh Burman
Published on Jan 16, 2019
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This program studies contemporary developments in India’s political economy, with a view towards understanding and informing India’s developmental choices. Scholars in the program analyze economic and regulatory policies, design and working of public institutions, interfaces between politics and the economy, and performance of key sectors of the economy such as finance and land.

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In the run-up to the big 2019 elections, the last few months of the Narendra Modi-led government seem to have been defined by a prevailing agrarian crisis. While the Centre, the opposition and the state governments jostle to provide fiscal support and farm loan waivers, fundamental reform for land use is being overlooked. It has a cascading effect on productivity, growth, and access to credit.

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Anirudh Burman

Former Associate Research Director and Fellow, Carnegie India

Anirudh Burman was an associate research director and fellow at Carnegie India. He works on key issues relating to public institutions, public administration, the administrative and regulatory state, and state capacity.

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