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India is spending less on subsidies to narrow its budget gap. In three months of FY2018, it spent Rs 11.7 lakh crore ($17 billion) on major subsidies, less than Rs 13.5 lakh crore ($19.6 billion) doled out a year ago. | India is spending less on subsidies to narrow its budget gap. In three months of FY2018, it spent Rs 11.7 lakh crore ($17 billion) on major subsidies, less than Rs 13.5 lakh crore ($19.6 billion) doled out a year ago. | ||
India recorded a fiscal deficit of $62.57 billion for April-June, or 68.7 per cent of the budgeted target for the current fiscal year. It was 80.8 per cent a year ago. For 2018-19, the government has set a fiscal deficit target of 3.3 per cent of GDP against a revised estimate of 3.5 per cent in 2017-18. This is surely a sign of fiscal consolidation, but at a slower pace than that recommended under the Fiscal Responsibility and Budget Management (FRBM) framework. | India recorded a fiscal deficit of $62.57 billion for April-June, or 68.7 per cent of the budgeted target for the current fiscal year. It was 80.8 per cent a year ago. For 2018-19, the government has set a fiscal deficit target of 3.3 per cent of GDP against a revised estimate of 3.5 per cent in 2017-18. This is surely a sign of fiscal consolidation, but at a slower pace than that recommended under the Fiscal Responsibility and Budget Management (FRBM) framework. | ||
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+ | [https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/business/india-business/how-subsidies-came-down-in-the-first-3-yrs-of-modi-govt-before-spiking/articleshow/70100278.cms July 6, 2019: ''The Times of India''] | ||
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+ | [[File: 2013-19- National (Government of India) subsidies on petroleum.jpg|2013-19: National (Government of India) subsidies on petroleum <br/> From: [https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/business/india-business/how-subsidies-came-down-in-the-first-3-yrs-of-modi-govt-before-spiking/articleshow/70100278.cms July 6, 2019: ''The Times of India'']|frame|500px]] | ||
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+ | [[File: 2013-19- National (Government of India) subsidies on food.jpg|2013-19: National (Government of India) subsidies on food <br/> From: [https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/business/india-business/how-subsidies-came-down-in-the-first-3-yrs-of-modi-govt-before-spiking/articleshow/70100278.cms July 6, 2019: ''The Times of India'']|frame|500px]] | ||
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+ | [[File: 2013-19- National (Government of India) subsidies on other items.jpg|2013-19: National (Government of India) subsidies on other items <br/> From: [https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/business/india-business/how-subsidies-came-down-in-the-first-3-yrs-of-modi-govt-before-spiking/articleshow/70100278.cms July 6, 2019: ''The Times of India'']|frame|500px]] | ||
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+ | [[File: Subsidies in food, 2013-20.jpg|Subsidies in food, 2013-20 <br/> From: [https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/business/india-business/how-subsidies-came-down-in-the-first-3-yrs-of-modi-govt-before-spiking/articleshow/70100278.cms July 6, 2019: ''The Times of India'']|frame|500px]] | ||
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+ | [[File: Falling global prices was good news but didn't last forever, 2013-20.jpg|Subsidies in petroleum: Falling global prices was good news but didn't last forever, 2013-20 <br/> From: [https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/business/india-business/how-subsidies-came-down-in-the-first-3-yrs-of-modi-govt-before-spiking/articleshow/70100278.cms July 6, 2019: ''The Times of India'']|frame|500px]] | ||
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+ | [[File: Total subsidies- The gains made in the initial years of Modi 1.0 were later wiped out, 2013-20.jpg|Total subsidies: The gains made in the initial years of Modi 1.0 were later wiped out, 2013-20 <br/> From: [https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/business/india-business/how-subsidies-came-down-in-the-first-3-yrs-of-modi-govt-before-spiking/articleshow/70100278.cms July 6, 2019: ''The Times of India'']|frame|500px]] | ||
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+ | [[File: % share of fertiliser, food, petroleum, others in total, 2014-19.jpg|% share of fertiliser, food, petroleum, others in total, 2014-19 <br/> From: [https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/business/india-business/how-subsidies-came-down-in-the-first-3-yrs-of-modi-govt-before-spiking/articleshow/70100278.cms July 6, 2019: ''The Times of India'']|frame|500px]] | ||
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=State-wise, statistics= | =State-wise, statistics= |
Latest revision as of 10:50, 16 December 2020
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[edit] Impact on deficit
[edit] 2017> ’18: Subsidies reduced but not deficit
August 7, 2018: The Times of India
India is spending less on subsidies to narrow its budget gap. In three months of FY2018, it spent Rs 11.7 lakh crore ($17 billion) on major subsidies, less than Rs 13.5 lakh crore ($19.6 billion) doled out a year ago. India recorded a fiscal deficit of $62.57 billion for April-June, or 68.7 per cent of the budgeted target for the current fiscal year. It was 80.8 per cent a year ago. For 2018-19, the government has set a fiscal deficit target of 3.3 per cent of GDP against a revised estimate of 3.5 per cent in 2017-18. This is surely a sign of fiscal consolidation, but at a slower pace than that recommended under the Fiscal Responsibility and Budget Management (FRBM) framework.
[edit] National subsidies
[edit] 2013-19
July 6, 2019: The Times of India
One of the positive legacies of UPA govt was subsidy control. Under NDA, it first came down, then went up. Here's a look at the change across food, petroleum, fertiliser and other subsidies over the years.
[edit] State-wise, statistics
[edit] Assam
[edit] 2016
See graphic:
Subsidies, Assam
[edit] Kerala
[edit] 2016
See graphic:
Subsidies: Kerala
[edit] Tamil Nadu
[edit] 2016
The Times of India, Mar 10 2016
Sivakumar B
Amma spoils all with dosa, rice and curd
AIADMK, which traditionally restricted welfare to basic necessities, changed tack in 2011, promising everything from goats to grinders even though the 2G scam had already built up anti-incumbency against DMK.
After winning the election, the Amma canteens, pharmacies, cement and bottled water followed -the cost of the welfare schemes for the past 5 years has crossed the Rs 43000-crore mark.
The state-run canteens, especially the ones that cater to urban poor and migrant workers, have been widely appreciated.
The concept is now being adopted by other states also.
The AIADMK government has spent several thousand crores on various welfare schemes with food subsidy alone costing Rs 25,000 crore. But there are outliers too. Anbumani Ramadoss' PMK, for instance, has promised to do away with the freebie model of governance.
DMK has criticised Jayalalithaa's Amma-branded schemes but remains silent on its own freebies such as television sets.
Analysts say schemes such as subsidised canteens and pharmacies will continue. Their names might change if there's a change in the ruling dispensation just as AIADMK changed the name of the free medical insurance scheme when it assumed office five years ago.
But Ramadoss is certain freebies will not have an impact on the voters' decisions. “In 2006 alone, there was an impact the DMK's `1 kg rice for Re 1' scheme made a difference But in the last election, even after offering so many freebies, DMK came third,“ he said.“PMK will offer free services such as quality health care, education, transport instead.“
[edit] West Bengal
[edit] 2016
See graphic:
Subsidies, West Bengal