Jaipur, June 30 -- Vice President Jagdeep Dhankhar on Monday pitched for a shift in India's agricultural subsidy framework, urging that government subsidies be transferred directly to farmers, rather than routed through intermediaries or departmental mechanisms.

"If subsidies were handed directly to farmers, it could reshape Indian agriculture," said Vice President Dhankhar

The Vice President cited the success of such models in countries like the United States, where farmers independently decide how best to use financial support.

Addressing a gathering at an event in Jaipur, the Vice President acknowledged the efforts of the government under the PM-Kisan Samman Nidhi scheme, under which each eligible farmer family receives Rs 6,000 ann...