The central government has now reduced Market Development Fee to 2% and Rural Development Fee to 0% in the provisional cost sheet for wheat procurement issued to the state government.
(Editorâs note: Gita Sikand, Indian American associate clinical professor of Medicine: Cardiology at the University of California Irvine College of Medicine, sent this article to India-West, written by the Foundation for India and Indian Diaspora Studies, noting: âSeems there are a lot of myths being floated by special interest groups about Indiaâs farm reforms. President Biden has welcomed these reforms. So has the International Monetary Fund. Could you educate India-West readers with this article on âFacts and Myths about India s Farm Laws? )
In the last six years, India, under the leadership of Prime Minister Narendra Modi, has committed to strengthening the Indian economy for the prosperity of its citizens. In achieving this goal, the current Indian government has initiated major reforms in areas such as business, taxation, the environment, and, most recently, agriculture. Unfortunately, there has been a recent campaign of misinformation about the bills, abou