Articles by Siraj Hussain (1 total)

India's farms dodged the Hormuz crisis, but its budget didn't
Siraj Hussain

India's farms dodged the Hormuz crisis, but its budget didn't

The reopening of the Strait of Hormuz to commercial vessels on 17 April 2026 came as a great relief for India. But the blocking of the strait revealed both how exposed Indian agriculture is to a single waterway and how heavily the government must lean on subsidies to insulate farmers from the consequences.