A recent study reviews the many dynamics driving drug addiction in north India. One of the study's authors talks about the findings.

Redesigning farming systems, bringing markets closer to the farmers, and developing a food distribution system that provides for household nutritional security should be the hallmark of the new agricultural policy that India needs. 

Retired IPS officer Prakash Singh says although Supreme Court ruled in favour of reforms in 2006, there has hardly been any headway in this regard.