 "Agriculture, farming")
Recently, when a group of farmers and agriculture sector experts met with the finance minister for the annual pre-budget meeting, one striking point was the demand for the transfer of major input subsidies through the Direct Benefit Transfer (DBT) mode, which many favoured as a way out in controlling fiscal slippages.
The demand was also relevant in view of the long and persistent problem of administering inputs subsidies directly to the beneficiaries rather than routing them through intermediaries.
