Govt Moving towards income transfers; Instead of direct procurement, farmers would be given a lump sum amount as income support.

The article discusses a working paper on the Indian ministry of finance's website titled 'Crossing the Rubicon' that calls for a shift in Indian food-grain management system to an income support based policy. Topics include open-ended procurement systems at minimum support prices (MSP), resistance by Food Corporation of India, changing consumption patterns in households, grading of crops, farm subsidies and pressures of food inflation.