Budget 2019-20: Will it help India's farmers?*

Feb 4th 2019, Jayati Ghosh

The interim budget 2019-20 is unlikely to bring relief to farmers and secure their approval for the coming elections. The approach to farmers in this Budget reaffirms the Modi government's tendency to rely on optics and jumlas rather than actual spending and concrete policies.

* This article was originally published in
The Telegraph on February 2, 2019.


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