00898pab a2200145 454500008004000000100001500040245004300055260000900098300001600107362001100123520053000134650003100664650002300695773003400718180718b2006   xxu||||| |||| 00| 0 eng d  aSuri, K.C.  aPolitical economy of agrarian distress  c2006  ap.1523-529.  a22 Apr  aThe reasons for agrarian distress in India lie in the conjunction of the changing nature of agriculture and democratic politics. With cultivation becoming an unrewarding occupation, the growing disparities of wealth between the rural and urban areas, the inability of farmers to unite and bring pressure on the governments and a disjuncture between the interests of the farmers and those of the political representatives, have all led to the neglect of agriculture and deterioration in the condition of farmers. - Reproduced.  aAgrarian structure - India  aAgrarian structure  aEconomic and Political Weekly