(a) whether the Government provides/proposes to provide subsidy/incentive/package to the farmers to mitigate the problems/hardships being faced by them in the country;
(b) if so, the details of such assistance provided to the farmers during each of the last three years and the current year, State-wise including Odisha;
(c) whether subsidy to the farmers in the country is low in comparison to United States of America (USA), other developed and developing countries including China and Japan and if so, the details thereof and the reasons therefor;
(d) whether there has been a steady decline in the subsidy to the farmers in the country and if so, the details thereof and the reasons therefor; and
(e) the corrective measures taken/ proposed to be taken by the Government to increase the above assistance and to provide the same to the farmers at par with the developed and major developing countries?