CutTheClutter: India’s tragic cotton collapse: From embracing biotech to dumping it, top exporter to big importer

India’s cotton story was once a global success - yields tripled
& exports surged. But over the last few years, India has gone
from second largest exporter to net importer of cotton. ThePrint
Editor-in-Chief Shekhar Gupta explains reasons behind India’s
tragic cotton collapse, and breaks down the data over the past
few decades. #CutTheClutter Ep 1772----more----Read Harish
Damodaran's article here:
https://indianexpress.com/article/opinion/columns/why-india-fell-behind-in-the-cotton-race-an-aversion-to-science-and-technology-9912107/