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23 September 2025

How Cash Transfer in Telangana is Changing Farmers’ Use of Time

Telangana’s farm cash transfer shows welfare can be judged by how families spend their hours, not only their incomes.

Sonna Vikhil is a Research Scholar at Madras School of Economics. K. S. Kavi Kumar is a Professor at Madras School of Economics. 

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Government of Telangana | Ministry of Agriculture and Farmers Welfare MoAFW

The discussion in this article is based on the authors' working paper on the subject. Views are personal.

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