India's great sugar boondoggle is a waste of taxpayers' money

Ending costly subsidies will be better for growers, processors and consumers

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Indian farmers harvest sugar cane in Rajasthan in November 2021: the price of the cane continued to be fixed by politicians fixated on crude electoral math. © Sipa/AP

Prerna Sharma Singh is an award-winning analyst specializing in policy and regulation with special reference to the agriculture and food sectors. She is a director on the board of Indonomics Consulting Private Limited.

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