Targeting farmers on basis of landholding won’t benefit large rural population: Expert

Targeting farmers on basis of landholding won't benefit large rural population: Expert

By Lalit K Jha

Washington, Feb 5 Targeting farmers on the basis of landholding is unlikely to benefit a large section of the rural population in India and will create fiscal burden without solving the actual problem, an expert at an American think-tank has said.

Responding to questions on the government’s budgetary proposal to provide direct financial benefit of Rs 6,000 per annum to about 120 million small and marginal farmers and that of minimum income guarantee announced by opposition Congress leader Rahul Gandhi, Anit Mukherjee described them as a political gimmick before the elections."There is some evidence that targeting on […]

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