NEW DELHI : Abhishek Raghuwanshi, a young farmer from Vidisha district in Madhya Pradesh, is a keen follower of any policy announcement that affects agriculture.
Being a large farmer, with over 200 acres of land, Raghuwanshi often stock grains and pulses for months in order to sell them at a later date, unlike small growers who sell their produce at harvest time when prices are often low.
In short, Raghuwanshi tries his best to time the market for a better price.However, the timing of a new set of laws liberalising India’s internal trade regime in agriculture surprised Raghuwanshi.
Farmers like him were anticipating more immediate relief, instead of long-term reforms which may take many months or even years to begin impacting lives.On 5.