India, May 26 -- The Government of India issued the following news release:
Vice President Shri Jagdeep Dhankhar, while emphasizing direct aid to farmers, said today, "There will be a real uplift in farmers' income when every form of assistance reaches them directly. In the United States, the income of a farmer's family is higher than that of an average household. One key reason for this is that farmers receive direct government support. In our country, there is a large subsidy on fertilizers, and many other significant subsidies too - but these are indirect. If all of these are given directly to farmers, my estimate is that each farmer would receive at least rs 35,000 annually. I believe that the Indian Council of Agricultural Research (I...