In a similar offering in August this year, the company had launched a feature for users to buy snacks and beverages from Domino's Pizza, Cafe Coffee Day, Baskin-Robins, etc., using bitcoins.
The government had to offer export subsidies during the last three seasons to reduce surplus stocks and help cash-starved sugar mills clear cane payments to growers on time.
There is a strong opinion among sections of the economists' fraternity and independent analysts that the government could allow the fiscal deficit to exceed the budgeted level by a significant margin to find resources for giving a much-needed boost to consumption spending, which is at a low ebb.
