Department of Extension Education, Punjab Agricultural University, Ludhiana-141004, Punjab
Online published on 5 December, 2018.
The debate on subsidies and investment continues to be a contentious issue in India. This study tries to bring forth the voice of agricultural economists and extension personnel who are closely involved with subsidies and matters other agricultural at grass root level. The analysis was based on 20 economists and 20 extension personnel involved directly or indirectly with the issue of agricultural subsidies in Punjab. The majority of agricultural economists and extension personnel in Punjab suggest to re-orient agricultural subsidy policy and confine it to credit, price, creation of infrastructure and promotion of expert. This analysis can serve for providing a platform to voice the opinions of agricultural economists and extension personnel who are ignored most of the time during the policy framing related to subsidies in farming sector.
