FARMERS in drought-hit districts will get diesel subsidy of 500 per hectare, even as the Centre awaits bumper crop production for most key kharif crops including paddy, cotton, pulses, and sugarcane.
A good monsoon and prospects of a good kharif and rabi should have a sobering effect on food prices, still in excess of 15%.
Links:
[1] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/news/500-hectare-diesel-subsidy-drought-hit-farmers
[2] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/newspaper/economic-times-new-delhi
[3] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/thesaurus/subsidies
[4] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/thesaurus/droughts
[5] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/thesaurus/drought-relief
[6] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/thesaurus/natural-disasters
[7] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/thesaurus/diesel
[8] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/thesaurus/farmers
[9] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/thesaurus/energy
[10] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/thesaurus/jharkhand
[11] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/thesaurus/haryana
[12] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/thesaurus/punjab
[13] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/thesaurus/sugarcane