Finance Minister Arun Jaitley on Tuesday said that investment, rather than subsidies, would make the country's agricultural sector self-sufficient since a model that relies indefinitely on subsidies can't be sustainable in the long run.

"India will continue to see a gradual blending of investment and subsidies. And hopefully one day... investment will prevail and therefore making the farmer more self-sustaining. I do hope that day is not really far off," he said at the launch of a book "Supporting Indian Farms the Smart Way". "To have a model which sustains indefinitely only on subsidies will not be a sustainable model. Investments will make the Indian farmers self-sufficient in the long run," he said.