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My (not so great) 2 cents on 3R exit

            It is almost 4 days since RBI governor Dr. Rajan made his ‘back to academia’ decision public. Much has been said and still being pondered upon. I have read few articles and many social media expressions. And I simply lack the ability to summarize things in nice little sentences. So I am going to be little lengthy. I am not the guy who knows much about monetary economics or knows behind the scenes in policy-making. So clearly there are lots of mistakes. Please bring them to light. The purpose of this writing is majorly to clear my own head and secondly, reduce the unwarranted heat around me if possible.                       When I first come to know about the decision, I was saddened as if there is some loss. Then, because of some insensitive looking FB responses and my own pondering, I thought why I am thinking this as a loss and not as ...

(slightly) Bitter-sweet details about sugarcane: In Marathwada and in general

Lot has been written about sugarcane and drought. HarishDamodran in IE has argued that sugarcane is a scapegoat. The crux of the argument was that the area under sugarcane in Marathwada is about 2% and water-usage in sugarcane occurs over large number of days compared to other crops. Vernacular media in Maharashtra and social media public opinion seems to be critical of sugarcane.                 I always had a simpler question in mind. In total available/utilized water in Marathwada agriculture, how much goes to sugarcane. And I was not able to get the answer. So I decided to search for numbers to find something. Table 1 : Estimates water usage Crop Share in total area under the crop (2014-15) water requirement (in mm) water requirement (in meter) Area under crop in Marathwada (in sq meter)(10000 sq m=1 hectare) total water consumption (in cubic meter) Share (%) ...