Is Indian agriculture resilient to external shocks? This question has assumed considerable importance ever since macroeconomic reforms were implemented from the early nineties. As a result, the agricultural sector was exposed to sudden disturbances caused not just by the demand and supply...

Introduction -- Contextualising Public Intervention in Agriculture and Welfare Effects -- Spatial Patterns in Public Expenditure, Subsidies, and Outcomes -- Changing Composition of Private Investment and its Relation to Public Investment and Input Subsidy in Agriculture -- Welfare Effects of...

Using the decennial All-India Debt and Investment Survey from 1981-82 to 2012-13, this paper delves into the spatial and temporal trends in private fixed capital expenditure and its composition, among rural households in India. We also assess its relationship with public investment in...