The farmers’ movement in India is as old as time itself. Throughout our independent history, there have been numerous struggles and demands for reforms by Indian farmers against all dispensations. The demand for reforming the agricultural sector, giving access to open markets and de-regulating the economic freedom of farmers has
The following musing is an excerpt from ‘To Prosperity through Freedom’, published in journal Incorporating the ‘Free Economic Review’ and ‘The Indian Rationalist’ Vol. 8 No. 5. The piece written by V. R. discusses and contextualizes Swatantra Party’s Philosophy and Policy which was declared at Patna on 19 and 20
The following musing is an excerpt from a booklet under the same name, authored by Murarji Vaidya and published by the Forum for Free Enterprise in 1956. The author addresses the objectives of the Second Five Year Plan proposed by the Planning Commission of India – highlighting the restrictions on
Following is an excerpt from a booklet titled ‘Free Market Economy – Key to Economic Progress and Freedoms’, authored by M.A. Rangoonwaala and published by the Forum for Free Enterprise in 1982. The author emphasises that despite increased globalisation, restrictions on free trade persist. He highlights how bureaucratic obstacles, also
Published by the Centre for Civil Society, a public policy think tank based out of New Delhi, this excerpt has been borrowed from Sauvik Chakraverti’s essay titled “New Public Management: Escape from Babudom”. The essay builds a case for new public management as an escape from the statist clutches of
The central and the most essential fact about Indian agriculture is that it suffers from either the caprices of nature or, when the nature is benign, by the tyranny of governmental interventions.