Wanted: An agri policy

With exports doubling from Rs 42,000 crore in FY11 to Rs 82,000 crore in FY12 and then doubling again (actually 2.2 times) in H1 FY13 as compared to H1 FY12, India’s agriculture is clearly on a roll, of a sort never seen before. Indeed, as Commission for Agricultural Costs and Prices (CACP) chairman Ashok Gulati points out, in the last 12 months, India exported 10 million tonnes of rice for $6 billion, making it the world’s largest rice exporter, replacing traditional biggies like Thailand and Vietnam.

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