Kerala Tips

Neel points out the benefits of organized retail,

Just a few days back, I managed a visit to Reliance Fresh and found that the prices there were comparable and sometimes lower than the “market” prices. Businessworld, this week, also carries a piece on “Green Evolution” – a must read.

Embezzling, fraud, siphoning money from cooperative banks have near legal status, contract farming, on the other hand, can get you into jail.

Varnam has a detailed post on the trader mafia in Kerala,

Poor people are walking that extra mile (literally) to buy groceries from Reliance Fresh because fresh vegetables are fruits are 10-15% cheaper there than the street vendor. Private companies are investing in techniques to boost farm practices and irrigation systems which would raise farm income by 30 percent. Farmers in Ratnagiri have obtained 90 percent of the original cost compared to the 70 percent they would have obtained by going to Govt. regulated mandis. Then facts should never obstruct an opportunity to keep Kerala as the economic waste land that it is now.

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