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Monday, November 22, 2021

India's Economy - Urban versus Rural

Venture capital funds pile into India's startup scene
https://asia.nikkei.com/Spotlight/Market-Spotlight/Venture-capital-funds-pile-into-India-s-startup-scene
 
Agricultural Reforms and Growth in India
https://www.bloomberg.com/opinion/articles/2021-11-21/modi-s-farm-misadventure-will-hurt-urbanization-and-agriculture-reform
Agriculture in the second-most-populous nation suffers from many infirmities: Unlike the Japanese rulers of Taiwan in the first half of the 20th century, Britain’s colonial government in India didn’t give tenants secure rights, dooming post-independence land reforms. Holdings are fragmented and uneconomical; crop diversification beyond rice and wheat is poor; subsidies abound but public investment is paltry.