Financial Express published an op-ed by Senior Research Fellow Avinash Kishore. The op-ed analyzes the 16-point agenda to kickstart growth in agriculture and farmers’ income. Kishore questions the viability of the scheme. “PM-Kisan is not an agricultural subsidy; it is an income support [subsidy]. I do not expect PM-Kisan to lead to agricultural intensification.” Republished in Yahoo India.
Agriculture in FY21 budget: Paying farmers keeps them poor (Financial Express)
February 29, 2020