Question: how much money did the government give to farmers?
Answer: Drawing on the most recent estimates, annual central government subsidies to farmers would be of the order of ₹120,500 crore (US$17 billion) as the sum of fertilizer subsidies (₹70,000 crore (US$9.8 billion), 2017/18), credit subsidies (₹20,000 crore (US$2.8 billion), 2017/18), crop insurance subsidies (₹6,500 crore ( ...