Policy implications of fertilizer subsidy reform

This chapter presents the policy implications of the analysis in the previous sections. Here we consider various options available for changing the policy framework that governs the production of nitrogenous fertilizers in India, as well as for reducing and rationalizing the fertilizer subsidy. Fert...

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Main Author: Gupta, Surupa
Format: Book Chapter
Language:Inglés
Published: International Food Policy Research Institute 2011
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Online Access:https://hdl.handle.net/10568/154765
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description This chapter presents the policy implications of the analysis in the previous sections. Here we consider various options available for changing the policy framework that governs the production of nitrogenous fertilizers in India, as well as for reducing and rationalizing the fertilizer subsidy. Fertilizer policy change and fertilizer subsidy reduction and rationalization have proved extremely difficult for all finance ministers since 1991. Although several policy options have been suggested (HPRC 1998; ERC 2000; Gulati and Narayanan 2003), some of which have been attempted, progress has been marginal. Therefore, it is useful to consider various reform options and assess them for their effectiveness in addressing specific policy goals as well as for their political feasibility. Table 7.1 displays a qualitative assessment of the reform options according to effectiveness, and Table 7.2 contains an assessment of these options and their political feasibility.
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spelling CGSpace1547652025-11-06T04:16:34Z Policy implications of fertilizer subsidy reform Gupta, Surupa agriculture This chapter presents the policy implications of the analysis in the previous sections. Here we consider various options available for changing the policy framework that governs the production of nitrogenous fertilizers in India, as well as for reducing and rationalizing the fertilizer subsidy. Fertilizer policy change and fertilizer subsidy reduction and rationalization have proved extremely difficult for all finance ministers since 1991. Although several policy options have been suggested (HPRC 1998; ERC 2000; Gulati and Narayanan 2003), some of which have been attempted, progress has been marginal. Therefore, it is useful to consider various reform options and assess them for their effectiveness in addressing specific policy goals as well as for their political feasibility. Table 7.1 displays a qualitative assessment of the reform options according to effectiveness, and Table 7.2 contains an assessment of these options and their political feasibility. 2011 2024-10-01T14:03:42Z 2024-10-01T14:03:42Z Book Chapter https://hdl.handle.net/10568/154765 en https://doi.org/10.2499/9780896291720 https://hdl.handle.net/10568/146535 Open Access application/pdf International Food Policy Research Institute Gupta, Surupa. 2015. Policy implications of fertilizer subsidy reform. In The political economy of agricultural policy reform in India. Chapter 7. Pp. 87-98. Washington, DC: International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI). https://hdl.handle.net/10568/154765
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