India
A POLL-FOCUSED BUDGET AIMED AT RURAL INDIA
MODI’S STRATEGY TO RECLAIM PRO-POOR IMAGE
2016-03-01 11:27
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The third budget of the Narendra Modi Government at its mid-point takes care to shift emphasis to farmers and agriculture, ahead of a round of state elections, given its weakening hold over the country. It is designed ostensibly to 'transform' the lives of the poor, especially farmers whose incomes are to get doubled by 2022, as the Prime Minister announced on budget day.