Flagging farm loan waivers, cash transfers & other sops, RBI says rationalise subsidies | India News – Times of India

NEW DELHI: Reserve Bank of India on Thursday flagged its concern over several states announcing farm loan waivers, free power to agriculture and households, free transport and cash transfers to women and youth, cautioning that these spends will lower the funds available to undertake expenditure on building social and physical infrastructure as well as research…

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Karnataka’s Rs 12,000 Crore Shortfall: Government Plans Borrowing Cuts and Subsidy Revisions | Bengaluru News – Times of India

To address this, the government plans to tap into cash-rich state-run boards and corporations and invest in those needing funds instead of relying on external borrowings. BENGALURU: Staring at a 12,000 crore shortfall, plans are afoot to reduce the borrowing burden. In what is a telltale sign of a welfare state spending close to a…

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