ThePrintPod: 'India has an import dependency problem'- Here's what Budget 2026 can change

The Union Budget can signal this transition by allocating fewer
resources to surplus management and more toward enabling
diversification, while acknowledging that short-term price
controls can undermine long-term capacity. The economic principle
is evident: unstable incentives foster dependence. Import
dependence is not an inevitability; it is a matter of policy and
policy can be rewritten. Watch the latest column by Bidisha
Bhattacharya, Associate Fellow, Chintan Research Foundation.
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