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Pendingmedium confidenceAgriculture
Refund farmers' SGST on fertilisers
Bharatiya Janata Party · Maharashtra Assembly Election 2024
Last updated 27 Oct 2026
What does this status mean?
The term is active and there is no evidence of action or reversal.
Status describes delivery. Confidence describes how strong the available evidence is.
Original manifesto wording
“Refund the full state GST paid by farmers on fertiliser purchases as a subsidy.”
From the Bharatiya Janata Party manifestoView Manifestop.12
Our Assessment
A March 2025 Assembly reply confirmed farmers were not receiving GST refunds on fertilisers and other farm inputs. No subsequent Maharashtra refund order or farmer-payment evidence was verified. National GST cuts on fertiliser inputs do not fulfil this separate state refund promise.
The reasoning behind the verdict
Why this assessment?
Reviewed
01 · Delivery status
Why pending?
The state Assembly reply establishes non-receipt at that date; the review found no later scheme order or payments establishing the promised farmer SGST refund.
02 · Strength of evidence
Why medium confidence?
The Assembly reply and national GST reform factsheet are primary records. Pending reflects unverified implementation in reviewed sources, not proof that no unlocated order exists.
What would help us reassess?
The documents that could clarify delivery of this commitment.
- Maharashtra notification defining the farmer SGST subsidy, eligibility and claims process, plus dated payments to farmers.
Status describes delivery. Confidence describes the evidence.
Read our methodology ↗Sources & Evidence
government
Maharashtra Assembly — 21 March 2025, starred question 1152, part 3 and minister's reply (PDF page 17)
mls.org.in·21 Mar 2025
other
MumbaiVotes — BJP Assembly 2024 English compilation, PDF page 1 (third-party host)
mumbaivotes.com
manifesto
BJP Maharashtra 2024 official manifesto — page 12 (verified from supplied screenshot)
bjp.org·10 Nov 2024
manifesto
BJP Maharashtra 2024 manifesto — page 17 (repeated commitment from supplied transcription; original page 12 verification retained)
bjp.org·10 Nov 2024
news
Deccan Herald — BJP's 25 headline Assembly commitments (some figures contain typographical errors; checked against compilation)
deccanherald.com·10 Nov 2024
government
PIB — national GST reforms for agriculture; rate cuts are distinct from a Maharashtra farmer refund
pib.gov.in·8 Sept 2025
Promise Timeline
21 Mar 2025
In Assembly starred question 1152, part 3, the Deputy Chief Minister confirmed that farmers were not receiving the GST refunds available to traders on fertilisers and other farm inputs.
View source10 Nov 2024
BJP released its Maharashtra Assembly 2024 manifesto. This party-origin commitment is catalogued separately from the joint Mahayuti guarantees.
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