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class="field-content"><a href="/author/bishwanath-goldar" hreflang="en">Bishwanath Goldar</a>, <a href="/author/suresh-chand-aggarwal" hreflang="en">Suresh Chand Aggarwal</a></div></div></div> <div class="views-row"><div class="views-field views-field-title"><h4 class="field-content"> <a href="/journal/2024/46/commentary/persistent-backwardness-rural-economy.html">Persistent Backwardness of the Rural Economy - The New Government’s Biggest Challenge </a> </h4></div><div class="views-field views-field-field-authors"><div class="field-content"><a href="/author/b-prakash" hreflang="en">B A Prakash</a></div></div></div> <div class="views-row"><div class="views-field views-field-title"><h4 class="field-content"><a href="/journal/2024/46/commentary/rural-awakening-manufacturing.html"> A Rural Awakening for Manufacturing </a> </h4></div><div class="views-field views-field-field-authors"><div class="field-content"><a href="/author/ejaz-ghani" hreflang="en">Ejaz Ghani</a></div></div></div> 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views-field-title"><h4 class="field-content"> <a href="/journal/2024/46/perspectives/missed-opportunity.html">A Missed Opportunity - Rice Cultivation in Madhya Pradesh </a> </h4></div><div class="views-field views-field-field-authors"><div class="field-content"><a href="/author/arvind-sardana" hreflang="en">Arvind Sardana</a>, <a href="/author/p-s-vijayshankar" hreflang="en">P S Vijayshankar</a></div></div></div> <h3><a href="/global-value-chains" hreflang="en">Global Value Chains</a></h3> <div class="views-row"><div class="views-field views-field-title"><h4 class="field-content"> <a href="/journal/2024/46/global-value-chains/special-issue-trade-policy-ftas-and-value-chains.html">Special Issue on Trade Policy, FTAs, and Value Chains - An Overview <span><a href="/open-access"> <img src="/themes/contrib/epw/images/oa.png" /> </a></span></a> </h4></div><div class="views-field views-field-field-authors"><div class="field-content"><a href="/author/sachin-chaturvedi" hreflang="en">Sachin 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