THE PITFALLS OF PRIVATISING THE AGRICULTURAL SECTOR
January 14, 2021
In August 1947, East Punjab had just 4 lakh acres (out of 47 lakh acres) of cultivable farmland irrigated. The rest of the state had just 1,973 tubewells, and only 325 of these had an electricity connection! All this meant that the production of rice was just 11.3 lakh tonnes....
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