638 : India Budget 2019: Income Scheme for Farmers could Politically Backfire
Amitendu Palit
7 February 2019
On 1 February 2019, India’s interim Budget announced a direct income scheme for small farmers to address agrarian distress. Too little to make a difference to the economic conditions of the farmers and not covering the landless peasants, the scheme might be politically counterproductive for the ruling Bharatiya Janata Party.