Vol. 7, Issue 3 (2019)
A study on utilization of electricity subsidy among farmers in Tamil Nadu
Author(s): Padma Lakshmi G and R Balasubramanian
Abstract: Agricultural input subsidies are the most critical aspect of India’s food and agriculture policy regime, requiring a steadily larger budget share. All of these subsidies, reducing the prices of inputs served in the initial stages of green revolution, as incentives to the farmers for adopting new technologies and undertake risks in farming. However, these subsidies have contributed to environmental costs in terms of reduced public investment in agriculture on account of the erosion of investible resources, and wasteful use of scarce resources like water and power. The results revealed that most of the farmers in the study area were utilizing both submersible pump sets and canal water for irrigation purpose. It is also found that, there exists greater inequality in access to electricity subsidies across farm size groups in different agro-climatic zones of Tamil Nadu. More than 50 per cent of the farmers in the study area are ready to pay electricity bills, if they are provided with uninterrupted power supply. It is also suggested that the government can impose flat rates on electricity supply to the agricultural sector. This may reduce the state electricity board’s burden and can enhance the efficiency and production of more electricity. Government should also keep aside its motive to please voters and frame rational policy for the welfare of the state.
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Padma Lakshmi G, R Balasubramanian. A study on utilization of electricity subsidy among farmers in Tamil Nadu. Int J Chem Stud 2019;7(3):3375-3378.
