Farm Laws versus Field Realities: Understanding India’s Agricultural Markets by Shoumitro Chatterjee, Mekhala Krishnamurthy

Spring 2021
Abstract
This paper evaluates the actual state of agricultural markets and existing agricultural market
regulation in India. It contrasts this with the design of the new “farm laws,” and argues that
those reforms may be misdirected in many respects. The paper makes a case for better
understanding of intermediation, the need for several kinds of public investment, improvements
in production conditions in agriculture, and attention to the broader economic context within
which agricultural marketing reforms occur.

Keywords: agricultural marketing reforms, India, farm laws, APMCs, intermediation,
economic development

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Shoumitro Chatterjee
Pennsylvania State University and Centre for Policy Research


Mekhala Krishnamurthy
Ashoka University and Centre for Policy Research

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