Legal Services - , Punjab, India
School of Agricultural Law and Economics (SALE) is a Center of excellence established with an object to provide a platform for multidimensional analysis of the agricultural sector in connotation to legal, social, political and cultural paradigms.Globalization and technological boom in these decades have resulted in excessive emphasis on economic development, which had to be justified with industrial expansion and growth. This has deprived agricultural sector of the requisite attention and impetus, which is now being reflected in the dramatic downfall of contribution of the sector in economies. The COVID-19 pandemic has further compounded the discrepancies and challenges faced by the economic and agricultural sectors.In light if this, the objectives of the School of Agricultural Law and Economics are:1. To facilitate an in-depth research in the area of agricultural laws and economics.2. To study the basic concepts of agricultural development and the role of law,sensitizing the people associated with the planning and development of the rural sector with the legal requirements and legal remedies.3. To undertake research projects on agricultural economics with an interface of law regarding policy, planning and implementation.4. To study developing areas of law and agricultural economics at national and international level5. To organize seminars, conferences and workshops in collaboration with government and non-governmental organizations on the significant issues of agricultural economics and law.6. To create a network with those institutions and organizations which work with the aim of finding out more workable remedies for the problems related to the major agricultural issues.7. To provide policy inputs to the department of agriculture of the state so as to assist them in their research and development programmer.