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June 28, 2026 12:44 am
India News Today's LIVE Updates, 27 June 2026: Get the latest breaking news on an Indian Express investigation into Union Minister Bhagirath Choudhary receiving a Rs 99 lakh subsidy for his cucumber farm from a scheme run by his own ministry, Venezuela's earthquake death toll rising past 920 with over 50,000 still missing, and the Strait of Hormuz ceasefire in doubt after fresh drone and US strikes, along with top headlines, politics, business, sports, entertainment and city updates from India and around the world.
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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