Investment and Subsidies in Indian Agriculture

10 Pages Posted: 18 May 2007

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Raghbendra Jha

Australian National University (ANU) - Australia South Asia Research Centre (ASARC); Crawford School of Public Policy

Date Written: May 2007

Abstract

One of the principal elements of the economic reforms program initiated in 1991 was to reduce the fiscal deficit of the central government which, at that time, faced a solvency crisis. This reduction was at least partially achieved by reducing transfers to state governments. As a result, state government budgets faced crises and agriculture, being largely a state subject, was denied adequate investment. This paper reviews the performance of Indian agriculture, particularly in the post-reform period. It attributes this lacklustre performance to the stagnation of agricultural investment whereas there has been a contemporaneous rise in agricultural subsidies. Thus while current operations are being subsidised to some extent resource for augmentation of productive capacity in agriculture are dwindling.

Keywords: Agricultural Subsidies, Agricultural Investment, India

JEL Classification: E22, H20, H54, N50

Suggested Citation

Jha, Raghbendra, Investment and Subsidies in Indian Agriculture (May 2007). Available at SSRN: https://ssrn.com/abstract=987147 or http://dx.doi.org/10.2139/ssrn.987147

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