Chidambaram wants direct cash transfer to cut subsidy burden | ummid.com

Chidambaram wants direct cash transfer to cut subsidy burden | ummid.com
Chidambaram said on the non-plan expenditure side, the major subsidies are projected to decline from 1.9 percent of the GDP (gross domestic product) as per the budget estimates for 2012-13 to 1.2 percent in 2016-17.