 Since then, its relative share fell steadily reaching its lowest of 20.15% in 1990–91.Thence onwards, it has risen steadily reaching a figure of 40% in 1995–96.Export subsidies have been on the decline except for the spurt in the late 1980s, whereas the relative share of the food subsidies has been rising although in a cyclical pattern.As a proportion of GDP, explicit Central govt subsidies were just about 0.305 in 1971–72.