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    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.