Avinash Kishore

[Avinash Kishore @avinash_shahi]

@sharanidli So true. We are seeing it in the new AI-for-agriculture programs too.

[Avinash Kishore @avinash_shahi]

@Schandillia It was Greek, but not ruled by Greece.

[IFPRI South Asia @IFPRISAO]

#Fuelprices, #fertilizer shortages & trade disruptions could turn #Iranwar into a long-term #foodsecurity crisis. In @AJEnglish @AJInsideStory, @IFPRI’s @avinash_shahi shares insights & explains the risks to next season’s crops & food-importing countries: https://t.co/o4wOUueMN4

[Avinash Kishore @avinash_shahi]

@iamgaurav_92 @Ajayvirjakhar R&D investments generate strong positive externalities. Socialist or liberal, there will be serious underinvestment in R&D if the State does not spend on it.

[Avinash Kishore @avinash_shahi]

@Ajayvirjakhar Unfortunately, Yes. The allocation has gone down from Rs. 10,466.39 crores in 2025-26 (of which ~186 crores remained unspent) to 9967.4 crores in 2026-27.

[Avinash Kishore @avinash_shahi]

“बसंत आता नहीं, ले आया जाता है” [Spring doesn’t come on its own; it is ushered in: Hazari Prasad Dwivedi].

Congratulations to Lahoris for ushering in Basant--der aayad, durust aayad! #Basant2026

[Avinash Kishore @avinash_shahi]

@dhume @SharadRaghavan But imports do not show up in government budgets. India's total consumption is much larger than what GoI spends in a year. Your points is still quite valid, @SharadRaghavan

[Avinash Kishore @avinash_shahi]

@ritzsinha @BiharInfraTales I like that they are trying, but what about less glamorous industries like textile, garments, etc.? Wage rates in Bihar are lower than in Dhaka.

[Avinash Kishore @avinash_shahi]

@Roshanjnu @naalmot Thanks for flagging the absence of ag missing from the election in Bihar. 2 quick points: 1. Crop incomes in Bihar are low also because of smaller holdings. 2. Input intensity is not all that low. Look @ fertilizers. & farmers invest. Example: >0.5 million new electric pumps.

[Avinash Kishore @avinash_shahi]

@ritzsinha @aaipatairport @MoCA_GoI Ohh! That's sad!! AAI should give way to a private firm. My limited experience suggests that airports developed and managed by pvt firms are much better maintained than all the AAI ones. I am yet to see an exception to this pattern.

[Paul Novosad @paulnovosad]

In the 1980s, Nestlé was moving into infant formula markets in low-income countries.

With each new market entry, moms switched from breastfeeding to unclean water, and infant mortality increased substantially; 200,000 excess deaths per year. 1/n

[Avinash Kishore @avinash_shahi]

Improving diet quality requires us to realign our ag policy with our true strengths and resource endowments: import more of what requires more land & water, and incentivize prodn & exports of what draws more on our farmers' skills and generates more value from scarce resources.

[Avinash Kishore @avinash_shahi]

https://t.co/KSX2qMuHOW Millets aren’t magic. No single food is. But neither are subsidies.
Instead of subsidizing protein-rich foods, we should be incentivizing their production.

[Avinash Kishore @avinash_shahi]

If some foods can be produced more efficiently elsewhere, we shouldn’t hesitate to import them. Right now, our cropping patterns & trade policies resemble those of a country rich in land and water but short on labor and skills — which is the exact opposite of India’s reality.

[Avinash Kishore @avinash_shahi]

@Ajayvirjakhar Irrespective of tariffs, India, like China, will turn into a net food importer as it grows rich(er). Our predominantly vegetarian diets are a reason for our sustained trade surplus. If Indian diets change with rising incomes, our trade surplus will also go down.

[Avinash Kishore @avinash_shahi]

@dhume In 2011, China's per capita GDP was almost twice as India's in 2025. But your point is still valid.

[Avinash Kishore @avinash_shahi]

@ritzsinha Aadhar is not the issue here; what the EC was trying to do, so close to an election, is. Also, how can EC decide citizenship? It's terrible. Thank God! the honorable SCI stepped in. I hope their order puts a lid on such adventures.

[Avinash Kishore @avinash_shahi]

@Ajayvirjakhar @Ajayvirjakhar @sayantanbera : Will looking at the imported quantities help get a better sense of what's happening?

[Avinash Kishore @avinash_shahi]

@ritzsinha @Anurag_Dwary PDS performance has improved a lot since we were kids, @ritzsinha. Diversification, though still big (>10 million tons'/year), has declined significantly. Everywhere. Even in Bihar & UP. Chhattisgarh was a model PDS state that started many changes that guided the national policy.