An eloquent lip service to agriculture sector
By Sompal

The case of Parthenium weed, commonly called as the Gajar Ghas and
also Congress Ghas, that came mixed with imported wheat during 1950s
causing mass allergies and aggressively infesting our fields and
forests is public knowledge. Only time will tell how the newly
imported ones would behave and affect the health and environment of
the country. This messing up of agricultural policy makes one
apprehend whether this is by default or part of a deliberate design to
make India a deficit and perennially importing country, pave the way
for lowering the binding tariffs available under WTO, and opening the
flood gates for highly subsidised agricultural produce of rich countries.

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