31 research outputs found
Constraints to India's support for regional economic integration
No full textFor more about the East-West Center, see http://www.eastwestcenter.org/Surupa Gupta, Associate Professor in the Department of Political Science and International Affairs at Mary Washington University, explains that "While Modi has repeatedly spoken against rising protectionism at international venues, his domestic messaging and actions have been far more nationalist.
India and the Indo-Pacific economic framework
No full textFor more about the East-West Center, see http://www.eastwestcenter.org/Surupa Gupta, Professor of Political Science and International Affairs at University of Mary Washington, explains that "[e]ven though India has emerged as an active and engaged member of the Quad, its decision to join IPEF—a US-led framework for economic cooperation in the Indo Pacific—was not a foregone conclusion.
Slow pace of reforms inhibits US-India agricultural trade
No full textFor more about the East-West Center, see http://www.eastwestcenter.org/Surupa Gupta, Associate Professor at the University of Mary Washington, explains that "In the face of multiple challenges such as low productivity, low income, and low growth in the farm sector at the beginning of the 2000s, the [Indian] central government advocated that Indian agriculture was in dire need of liberal reforms.
Fertilizer policy in India: Evolution and reform initiatives
No full textThis chapter describes the political processes related to reforming the policy framework for fertilizer production as well as those related to determining the farmgate price of urea.PRIFPRI1EPT
Fertilizer policy in India: An overview
No full textThe debate on fertilizer subsidy, as well as all other agricultural subsidies in India, should be examined against the backdrop of India's overall economic situation, the prominence of farmers and the agricultural sector in India's political economy, and recent trends in the Indian agricultural economy. This chapter presents socioeconomic data on the Indian economy, particularly its farm sector, and discusses issues related to fertilizer production and use. Table 4.1 provides an overview of the growth rate, holding size, and indebtedness of the farm sector in India.PRIFPRI1EPT
Fertilizer policy in India: Evolution and reform initiatives
No full textThis chapter describes the political processes related to reforming the policy framework for fertilizer production as well as those related to determining the farmgate price of urea
The politics of fertilizer supply to agriculture: Analysis of political actors, discourses, and strategies
No full textThis chapter begins by presenting stakeholder positions, as gleaned from interviews (see Table 3.1) and published sources. The literature presented in Chapter 2 and the conceptual framework presented in Chapter 3 provided guidance for the data gathering and analysis presented in this chapter. The first section describes the major actors and their interests as well as their political resources and strategies. The second section discusses the role of interests and institutions in fertilizer-sector reform. The third section identifies major discourse coalitions and describes their belief systems and discourses. The fourth section reflects on the extent of policy learning across coalitions. This chapter provides the basis for an analysis of the political feasibility of different reform options and strategies, which is presented in Chapter 7.PRIFPRI1EPT
Policy implications of fertilizer subsidy reform
No full textThis chapter presents the policy implications of the analysis in the previous sections. Here we consider various options available for changing the policy framework that governs the production of nitrogenous fertilizers in India, as well as for reducing and rationalizing the fertilizer subsidy. Fertilizer policy change and fertilizer subsidy reduction and rationalization have proved extremely difficult for all finance ministers since 1991. Although several policy options have been suggested (HPRC 1998; ERC 2000; Gulati and Narayanan 2003), some of which have been attempted, progress has been marginal. Therefore, it is useful to consider various reform options and assess them for their effectiveness in addressing specific policy goals as well as for their political feasibility. Table 7.1 displays a qualitative assessment of the reform options according to effectiveness, and Table 7.2 contains an assessment of these options and their political feasibility.PRIFPRI1EPT
