Anjani Kumar and Sunil Saroj India’s 2019 interim budget makes a tectonic shift in providing support to Indian farmers. Under the Modi government’s ambitious direct benefit transfer program, the Pradhan Mantri Kisan Samman Nidhi (PM-KISAN) scheme, each farmer having less than 2 ha of land will get 6000 rupees ($86) per year. This amount will be transferred [Read More...] Source: IFPRI South Asia Office
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