The broad point is that most the ‘basics as understood and defined by the bureaucracy in the past century need to change, because they may not present the challenge they once did. In other words, the floor has to move up with rising aspirations. For that, the administration needs to be retooled to address the challenges of an emerging economy seeking a developed-economy status.
The Ukraine war has caused a global food shortage and shown how fragile overseas trade arrangements are. The WTO must not carp if India puts its own nutritional security first