Tags: 'fertilizer subsidy: transparent',
'carefully evaluate pros & cons',
'doubtful efficacy',
'tracking & fixing accountability',
'handling & processing of payments',
'identification of poor',
'direct subsidy: impractical',
from budget there after',
'kerosene & LPG subsidies: cross-subsidized prior to 2002,
'power subsidy: camouflaged in losses of SEBs',
'main subsidies: food/ fertilizers/ kerosene/ LPG/ power/ irrigation',
'direct subsidy to beneficiaries',
National Institute of Public Finance & Policy (NIPFP)'