Page 2 - Subsidies

Costlier oil and subsidy fall likely to hit consumption in FY23

A cut in subsidy in FY23 comes on the back of an equally sharp cut in FY22

Budget 2022: Govt subsidies to fall 39% to Rs 4.3 trn in FY22

For the next fiscal, the government said total subsidies are estimated to further decline to Rs 3,17,866 crore from Rs 4,33,108 crore in the current fiscal

Budget 2022: Govt's subsidies to decline 39% to Rs 4,33,108 crore in FY22

The government's subsidies on food, fertilisers and petroleum are estimated to decline by 39% to Rs 4,33,108 crore in the current fiscal, according to the Budget document

TMS Ep97: Budget session, bank privatisation, markets, expenditure budget

What to expect in the Budget session? What to expect on bank privatisation and subsidy reform? What data points of Economic Survey are markets eyeing? What is Expenditure Budget? All answers here

More than 50% of the Centre's annual spending is unproductive, shows data

Will Budget 2022-23 be transformative enough to give developmental spending a majority share in the expenditure mix?

Budget 2022: Steep subsidy sums for food and fertiliser likely

Budget 2022: Subsidies have been a bugbear of the Indian economy for long

Subsidies, tax rebates critical for faster adoption of EVs: Ather Energy

Hero MotoCorp-backed electric two-wheeler maker Ather Energy on Monday said subsidies and tax rebates under the FAME II policy are extremely important to push for faster adoption of electric vehicles.

What are subsidies and why countries need it?

Last week US lawmakers urged their govt to approach WTO against India which they said was subsidizing half of the value of production for rice and wheat. Know about subsidies and why countries need it

TMS Ep92: Microsoft acquisition, Thibault Cuny, Budget 2022, subsidies

Why did Microsoft plunge into the world of gaming? What's Thibault Cuny's take on India's alco-bev market? What do markets expect from the Finance Minister? What are subsidies? Find all answers here

Low interest rate: Incentive and subsidy

Some of the benefit due to a low interest rate policy is not an incentive; it is a subsidy

Tesla decides against state aid for German plant as Musk opposes subsidies

Withdraws plea for state aid in Germany

Irrational subsidies by many nations hurting Indian fishermen: Goyal at WTO

India said that it is 'very' keen to finalise an agreement on fisheries subsidies in the WTO as irrational benefits and overfishing by many countries are hurting domestic fishermen

After 17 years, potential truce looms in US-Europe jet subsidy war

A deal to either end or pause the world's largest corporate trade dispute would grant relief to dozens of other industries affected by tit-for-tat tariffs that were suspended in March

Budget Byte: What Sitharaman may have planned for subsidies in Budget

A lot of Budgetary funds get saved on subsidies in March, as off-Budget small savings replace them. It remains to be seen how it goes this year

Nations giving subsidies for unsustainable fishing must end support: India

This was stated by India''s Ambassador and Permanent Representative to the WTO at a meeting of the NGR (negotiating group on rules) on fisheries subsidies negotiations held on November 2, 2020

Aadhaar Act: No information on how beneficiaries are identified, shows RTI

Government officials have claimed that Aadhaar has helped save over Rs 90,000 crore by weeding out fake beneficiaries

HC junks PIL opposing AAP govt subsidies; slaps cost of Rs 25k on litigant

Delhi HC dismissed a PIL challenging the AAP govt's decision to grant electricity and water subsidies to Delhi's residents, saying it was a policy decision in which it was not going to interfere

Real is radical: Drop subsidies, offer basic minimum income to farmers

You could run a sensible subsidy and price support system at a fraction of today's cost, and still have enough money left over to offer a more generous income support to all farmers, writes T N Ninan

The price India is paying for the largesse doled out by Centre and states

Irrespective of which among the two is more extravagant, it is the country's GDP growth and its rating that take a beating

Letter to BS: Every type of subsidy is harmful for Indian economy

Tamil Nadu holds the dubious distinction when it comes to introducing novel freebies and subsidies