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PROF. MANOJ PANT, presently Director, Indian Institute of Foreign Trade (IIFT) has been a Professor of Economics and Dean, School of International Studies in JNU. Prof. Pant was teaching Economics in Delhi University since about 1975 and has been a guest lecturer in IIM, Lucknow; IIFT, Delhi; University of Lucerne, Switzerland; and a visiting scholar at the Deptt. of Economics, Columbia University at Massachussets, USA. He has also been the Economic Advisor and Consultant to the Govt. of Nagaland since about 2002. Prof. Pant has presented more than 45 papers on issues relating to trade negotiations, investment and competition policy in International and National Conferences in India and abroad. He has also written 40 publications in national and international refereed journals and four books. Prof Pant has been a Columnist for India’s leading financial daily, The Economic Times and also writes in the Financial Express and Mint business papers. His fields of interest are International Trade Theory, Foreign Investment, Competition Policy and the WTO.
Unless the number of farmers (or area under cultivation devoted to such crops) declines over time, the per capita GDP going to these farmers must decline. At the same time, the subsidy on MSP will increase continuously over time.
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