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Monday, December 11, 2006
Keeping farmers poor
Well, there are many things that play a part in that, but one major cause is the law I mentioned here, that prohibits farmers from selling agricultural land for non-agricultural purposes. Ravikiran Rao has a superb post on it, "Dear middle class of India," and I recommend you read the full thing.