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IMPACT OF WTO DEVELOPMENT AND SITUATION OF INDIAN AGRICULTURAL LABOUR

"The liberalisation of the Indian agricultural economy started in 1991. The major impact has been the shift from "lower value" or subsistence food crops to higher value cash crops (like cotton or oilseeds)"

Table of contents
1. Development of Indian Agriculture
2. Indian Agricultural Policy & The WTO Regime
3. The Political Economy of Agricultural Modernisation & Liberalisation
4. Agriculture Labour - Situation in India
5. State of Organisation of Agricultural Labour in India