9 November 2025
The Fire Next Season: What India’s Crop-Burning Crisis Teaches About Policy and Governance
India’s farm-fire bans show that deterrence fades fast when rules outlast capacity and credible alternatives lag behind
Shefali Khanna is a Research Fellow at the London School of Economics and Political Science (LSE). Kanika Mahajan is an Associate Professor at Ashoka University. Sudarshan Ramanujam is a PhD student in Economics at the Vancouver School of Economics, University of British Columbia.
SDG 3: Good Health and Well-being | SDG 12: Responsible Consumption and Production | SDG 13: Climate Action | SDG 15: Life on Land
Ministry of Environment, Forest and Climate Change MoEFCC | Ministry of Agriculture and Farmers Welfare MoAFW
The discussion in this article is based on the authors’ working paper on the subject. Views are personal.
