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While these reforms indirectly improved the terms of trade for agriculture, direct reforms were thwarted at the time by the minority government’s allies and the Opposition. (Photo: Reuters)
Sanjeeb Mukherjee New Delhi
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‘Charity by extortion,’ screamed a Business Standard editorial on August 7, 1991, after the P V Narasimha Rao government rolled back its decision to hike fertiliser prices by 40 per cent. The government had come under intense pressure from its allies and the Opposition.


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