Launched in 2019, PM-KISAN is a Central Sector Scheme providing ₹6,000 annually to all landholding farmer families via Direct Benefit Transfer. While it effectively boosts rural liquidity and agricultural investments, challenges like land record digitization and digital illiteracy hinder seamless implementation.
Click to View MoreIndian farm subsidies are fiscally unsustainable, ecologically harmful, and distortionary, favoring water-intensive crops and larger farmers. The solution lies in rationalisation, not removal: shift to DBT and redirect savings toward R&D, infrastructure, and climate-smart agriculture to build a resilient, competitive, and inclusive farm sector.
Click to View MoreHonest welfare is vital for true social justice in India. Corruption, leakages, and poor targeting weaken welfare schemes and harm the poor. India must ensure transparency through technology, social audits, and ethical governance so every welfare rupee upholds dignity and delivers genuine, equitable transformation.
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