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Why Thailand's now-replaced WTO Ambassador questioned India's agriculture subsidies, what India argued
March 04, 2024 11:45 am
India has registered a protest over the Thai WTO Ambassador’s comments on its Public Stockholding programme. What do the WTO rules say on subsidies and what have India’s government and farmers said on the matter? We explain.
Higher input costs, no subsidies: Wheat farmers in Pakistan's Punjab feel the pinch
February 20, 2023 8:06 am
Both Athar and Bhandara harvest 50-55 man (20-22 quintals; one man equals 40 kg) of wheat on each acre, which is more or less the average wheat yield of farmers in India's Punjab. The difference, however, lies in costs.
Ashok Gulati writes | Budget 2023: FM Sitharaman does well to hold back on revdis – but there is little for farmers to celebrate
February 02, 2023 9:39 am
The budget has done well to rationalise subsidies, shore up fiscal space. On agri-food, however, it is business-as-usual
Explained: How would Direct Benefit Transfer of power subsidy work?
May 30, 2020 9:26 am
The Punjab government pays around Rs 6,000 crore power subsidy bill to Punjab State Power Corporation Limited (PSPCL) every year under its ‘free power scheme’ to the farming sector.
Choice to the farmer
December 24, 2014 3:29 am
But a cash transfer policy for fertiliser subsidy must include those at the bottom of the pyramid.
Rich nations distort global trade: BRICS
March 28, 2012 8:43 pm
Developed nations are undermining food security by distorting trade through subsidies.
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