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Bail out farm sector

The problems outlined in "Failure on the farm" (Business Line, May 31) are crystal clear. And the steps to improve the situation are also well known. Perhaps both the Centre and the States are responsible for the delay in many schemes.

If China could complete its mega dam, the Three Gorges Dam across the Yangtze river, ahead of time, why should schemes in India take so long to be implemented?

A better mechanism to coordinate Centre-State action should be worked out. Could the Finance Minister's proposal to cut the farm lending rate to 7 per cent be the first step to bail out the farm sector?

A. Jacob Sahayam

Thiruvananthapuram

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