INDIA
TACKLING FARM DISTRESS IS NOW CORE OF 2018-19 BUDGET STRATEGY
JAITLEY DETERMINED TO MAKE A MARK IN PRE-ELECTION YEAR
2018-01-16 10:51
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With the presentation of the fifth budget of the NarendraModi government now only a fortnight away, the policy option at the highest level of the Government has zeroed in on giving a big stress on the removal of farm distress in the 2018-19 budget proposals.Prime Minister NarendraModi who is masterminding the direction of the last full budget of his present NDA regime before the Lok Sabha elections in April/May 2019, has given strict instructions to the officials that the speedy removal of the farm distress and the immediate measures to generate jobs for the youth have to be the two pillars of the 2018-19 budget strategy.In the process, the Government will organize more public investments without waiting for the domestic private investment to pick up.