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<font >Finally, they have bitten the bullet on fertiliser subsidy. For the past three years, the Union government has agonised on the issue of mounting expenditure on this account and has not had the courage to cut the subsidy. While Finance Minister Pranab Mukherjee announced his intent to introduce a nutrient-based subsidy (NBS) in his last Budget Speech, he has finally shown courage to do so on the eve of this year&rsquo;s Budget presentation. Whatever fertiliser minister Alagiri&rsquo;s politically motivated reservations, this policy initiative has got the Cabinet&rsquo;s approval. Even as the government proposes to free some fertilisers from price control, it has promised to hike urea price, which remains under government control, by 10 per cent. Urea price was last revised in February 2002. Twice before in the past eight years, successive governments had proposed doing this but had to roll back the move in the face of organised opposition. This time too the jury is out on whether or not the government will succumb to party political pressure. The argument that farmers need this subsidy has been rubbished enough. The truth is that there are far too many vested interests who have prospered in the name of farmers. With the fertiliser subsidy ballooning in the past few years, overshooting budgetary provisions by wide margins, huge unpaid subsidy arrears have been built up, impairing the financial health of the industry. No fresh investment in capacity addition has, as a result, come in this sector for nearly a decade now. That is why the industry has welcomed the NBS regime, which will lead to direct payment of subsidy to farmers. While farmers may object to higher urea prices, there would be more rational application of fertilisers which is good in itself, with subsidies encouraging excessive fertiliser use.</font>
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