COVID-19-Induced Policy Reforms in India: Overcoming Implementation Challenges (Inter Press Service) 

Inter Press Service published an op-ed by Senior Research Fellow/Head of Capacity Suresh Babu and Vaishali Dassani. COVID-19 has hit the most vulnerable population the hardest, especially in the informal sector. In addition, infrastructure and transportation challenges disrupted the supply of food. In response, Indian policymakers have embarked on major policy reforms and have broken down regulatory challenges in food and agricultural markets in ways no one thought was possible for the past 70 years. The overall benefit to the farmers will only be known in due course, but from the beginning, the government needs to ensure farmers benefit from the reforms.