Field studies in the rural districts of three big States — Rajasthan, Madhya Pradesh and Uttar Pradesh — show that the government has managed to provide emergency relief to the vulnerable sections quickly and at lower cost via direct benefit transfer.

In the current scenario, unless the farmers, FPOs, SHGs and cooperatives are trained to deliver on attributes local to global will not be tenable.

Blog post in this edition includes, COVID-19 and opportunities of agri reforms, ways to ease supply chain hurdles beyond price control and more.

As Indian states carry out reforms in existing agricultural marketing laws, farmers get the most value for their produce.

An op-ed on revival of the farm economy post COVID-19 scenario, especially with respect to the returnee migrants.