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<div id="container"><div><div data-infinite-scroll="0" style="min-height:50px"><article id="story-a4043262-15fa-4e77-9d12-257424f131f2"><div class="header-module__normal-hero-image__1l9F8"><figure class="header-module__hero-image__2Gj6y"><picture><source srcset="//images.assettype.com/bloombergquint%2F2018-05%2Fe93937fc-ffd4-4759-ae30-6701a513f6a9%2F325120702_1_16.jpg?rect=0%2C685%2C4000%2C920&w=1024&auto=format%2Ccompress 1024w,//images.assettype.com/bloombergquint%2F2018-05%2Fe93937fc-ffd4-4759-ae30-6701a513f6a9%2F325120702_1_16.jpg?rect=0%2C685%2C4000%2C920&w=1280&auto=format%2Ccompress 1280w" media="(min-width: 700px)" class="qt-image"><img src="//images.assettype.com/bloombergquint%2F2018-05%2Fe93937fc-ffd4-4759-ae30-6701a513f6a9%2F325120702_1_16.jpg?rect=296%2C0%2C3704%2C2667&w=640&auto=format%2Ccompress" srcset="//images.assettype.com/bloombergquint%2F2018-05%2Fe93937fc-ffd4-4759-ae30-6701a513f6a9%2F325120702_1_16.jpg?rect=296%2C0%2C3704%2C2667&w=640&auto=format%2Ccompress 640w,//images.assettype.com/bloombergquint%2F2018-05%2Fe93937fc-ffd4-4759-ae30-6701a513f6a9%2F325120702_1_16.jpg?rect=296%2C0%2C3704%2C2667&w=1024&auto=format%2Ccompress 1024w" class="qt-image"></picture><figcaption class="container"><div class="header-module__hero-image-caption__3aujh">A farmer walks through an areca nut farm in the village of Kuragunda in Karnataka, India. (Photographer: Prashanth Vishwanathan/Bloomberg)</div></figcaption></figure></div><div class="container story-base-template-module__body-container__LCIRt"><section class="story-base-template-module__story-body__32_O-"><div class="story-base-template-module__story-content__3hwxe"><h1 class="story-base-template-module__story-headline__278wr">India Considering Paying Farmers Cash Instead of Subsidies</h1><div class="authors-module__author-info__C8zNP"><ul class="authors-module__author-handlers__3Baf9"><li class="authors-module__author__MTSY9"><a target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener" href="/author/43626/siddhartha-singh" class="authors-module__author-link__JYkUR authors-module__author-name__O3mvi">Siddhartha Singh</a></li></ul></div><div class="story-base-template-module__story-content-head__1WcR6"><div class="published-info-module__published-info__3611I"><time class="desktop-hidden published-info-module__published-on___M8Y9">Jan 21 2019, 12:44 PM</time><time class="desktop-hidden published-info-module__updated-on__2JWey">Jan 21 2019, 5:58 PM</time><time class="desktop-only published-info-module__published-on___M8Y9">January 21 2019, 12:44 PM</time><time class="desktop-only published-info-module__updated-on__2JWey">January 21 2019, 5:58 PM</time></div><button class="share-toggle-module__share-button-top__1M_aL"><svg width="30" height="30" viewBox="0 0 22 22" ><path d="M17.954 13.982a4.029 4.029 0 0 0-3.157 1.536L7.93 12.037c.09-.333.155-.676.155-1.038a3.92 3.92 0 0 0-.184-1.124l6.836-3.466a4.028 4.028 0 0 0 3.218 1.607C20.191 8.016 22 6.222 22 4.007 22 1.794 20.191 0 17.956 0c-2.231 0-4.042 1.794-4.042 4.007 0 .363.065.707.156 1.04L7.204 8.53A4.037 4.037 0 0 0 4.041 6.99C1.808 6.99 0 8.786 0 11c0 2.213 1.808 4.008 4.041 4.008a4.037 4.037 0 0 0 3.223-1.61l6.833 3.466c-.107.36-.185.733-.185 1.128 0 2.214 1.81 4.008 4.041 4.008 2.236 0 4.045-1.794 4.045-4.008.001-2.216-1.808-4.01-4.044-4.01z" fill="#fff"></path></svg></button></div><div class="mobile-only"><div class="content-center story-top-ad"><div class="adunitContainer"><div class="adBox" id="story-sidebar-2_mobile" data-google-query-id="CIS7yMmD_98CFQXrjgod3HkAxQ" style=""><div id="google_ads_iframe_21713057369/BQ_Story_300x250_0__container__" style="border: 0pt none;"><iframe id="google_ads_iframe_21713057369/BQ_Story_300x250_0" title="3rd party ad content" name="google_ads_iframe_21713057369/BQ_Story_300x250_0" width="300" height="250" scrolling="no" marginwidth="0" marginheight="0" frameborder="0" srcdoc="" style="border: 0px; vertical-align: bottom;" data-google-container-id="3" data-load-complete="true"></iframe></div></div></div></div></div><div class=""><div class=""><div id="card-cdfa4edb-c6c8-445f-94fd-821725dd680c" class=" paywall"><div class="story-element story-element-text"><div><p>(Bloomberg) -- India is considering a plan to transfer cash to farmers to ease their financial burden instead of offering subsidies, people with knowledge of the matter said.</p></div></div><div class="story-element story-element-text"><div><p>Prime Minister Narendra Modi?s government is planning to combine all farm subsidies, including fertilizer costs, and instead pay farmers cash, the people said, asking not to be identified as the discussions aren?t public. The additional cost will be limited to 700 billion rupees ($9.8 billion) annually after a full roll-out of the program, the people said. Finance Minister Arun Jaitley had budgeted 701 billion rupees for farm subsidies in the year ending March 31.</p></div></div><div class="story-element story-element-text"><div><p>Finance ministry spokesman D.S. Malik didn?t respond to two calls made to his mobile phone.</p></div></div><div class="story-element story-element-text"><div><p>The plan for the handout comes after the ruling Bharatiya Janata Party was voted out in key state elections last month, forcing Modi to draw up a course correction before federal polls due by May. The government, which has already exceeded the annual budget deficit target, has little room for spending in the current year, having forgone some tax revenue on goods and services following the defeat.</p></div></div><div class="story-element story-element-external-file"><figure class="image-module__imageWrapper__2L7rp"><span class="image-module__expand-icon__3l-wm"></span><img class="qt-image" src="https://assets.bwbx.io/images/users/iqjWHBFdfxIU/i0kk.RilYAaU/v2/560x-1.png" alt="India Considering Paying Farmers Cash Instead of Subsidies" srcset="https://assets.bwbx.io/images/users/iqjWHBFdfxIU/i0kk.RilYAaU/v2/280x-1.png 280w,https://assets.bwbx.io/images/users/iqjWHBFdfxIU/i0kk.RilYAaU/v2/560x-1.png 560w,https://assets.bwbx.io/images/users/iqjWHBFdfxIU/i0kk.RilYAaU/v2/760x-1.png 760w"></figure></div><div class="story-element story-element-text"><div><p>The additional spending won?t impact the nation?s fiscal deficit for the current year ending March 31, the people said. The rupee and bonds rebounded after the report pegged the cost lower than the over 2 trillion rupees estimated initially.</p></div></div><div class="story-element story-element-text"><div><p>?Right now if you do such a thing it will be by cutting down on other costs,? said Madan Sabnavis, chief economist with Care Ratings Ltd. in Mumbai. ?They won?t go beyond the fiscal deficit target of 3.3 percent? of gross domestic product this fiscal year.</p></div></div><div class="story-element story-element-text"><div><p data-tout-type="story"><a href="https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2019-01-10/election-handouts-threaten-india-s-plan-to-curb-budget-deficits" target="_blank">Read: Election Handouts Threaten India?s Plan to Curb Budget Gap</a></p></div></div><div class="story-element story-element-text"><div><p>Not all share this optimism. Some economists expect India to miss the goal for a second year in a row as the administration gives into populist pressures.</p></div></div><div class="story-element story-element-text"><div><p>Modi, who is seeking a second term, has to win over discontented farmers before the election. They have been hit by falling crop prices and rising input costs, prompting thousands of them to protest in the street to seek debt waivers.</p></div></div><div class="story-element story-element-text"><div><h3>Raised Pressure</h3></div></div><div class="story-element story-element-text"><div><p>At the same time, the opposition Indian National Congress has raised pressure on the government to act after it waived off farm loans following victories against the BJP in three states last month.<br>Investors will be keen to know where the additional funds will come from. While the government?s small savings pool is likely to make up for some of the shortfall, it may look to the Reserve Bank of India for additional funds by way of an interim dividend.</p></div></div><div class="story-element story-element-text"><div><p>?It is not unusual to observe socially supportive fiscal measures being introduced at this point in the election cycle,? Andrew Wood, a credit analyst at S&P Global Ratings in Singapore, said in an email response to questions last week. ?That said, the Indian government does not have significant fiscal space with which to work.?</p></div></div><div class="story-element story-element-text"><div><p>But missing budget goals isn?t a big worry for the administration at this point, as it weighs measures to relieve distress in the farm sector and stoke economic growth.</p></div></div><div class="story-element story-element-text"><div><p>?It entirely depends on what the existing situations are,? Finance Minister Arun Jaitley said in an interview to CNBC-TV18 news channel last week. ?Therefore without getting into specifics, because that will be disclosing the mind into which we are working, some of those challenges really can?t afford to wait and therefore obviously there will be a <a href="https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2019-01-18/india-signals-readiness-to-put-growth-ahead-of-fiscal-discipline" target="_blank">necessity</a> to address them.?</p></div></div><div class="story-element story-element-text"><div><p>?2019 Bloomberg L.P.</p></div></div></div></div><div class="footer-module__syndicated-source__iMyxm">Bloomberg</div><div class="footer-module__authoritative-section__7_xyN">Stay Updated With<!-- --> <a href="/union-budget-2019" target="_blank" class="footer-module__authoritative-section-link__3bBPe">Budget 2019 News</a> <!-- -->On BloombergQuint</div><div class="more-on-this-topic-module__wrapper__2pv7X"><div 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