Booklet on the Bengal and Indian government’s new agricultural policies
February 6, 2009
This booklet on the government’s new agricultural policies has been written by Subhendu Dasgupta and published by Nagarik Mancha.
Farmers do not want to remain farmers, they want to leave agriculture and become workers. Agriculture is a “backward” issue, industry is the vehicle to the future; emphasis has to be reduced from agriculture and placed on industry. In West Bengal, we do not need to worry about food and crops. In these currents of thought within the government of West Bengal, we find the broader policies of the central government - the national agricultural policies. There is great parity of thought on agriculture, between economic powers within and without; between political powers at the center and in the state. We will start with the central government’s agricultural policies, and end with the Bengal government - in the middle we will explore the ideas pushed by multinational consultancy groups.
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