Agriculture 2017

Budget 2017: Agri credit raised to record Rs 10 lakh cr in FY18

"The target for agricultural credit in 2017-18 has been fixed at a record level of Rs 10 lakh crore," Jaitley said in his Budget speech.

Budget 2017: A four-point agenda for Arun Jaitley to boost farm productivity

Budget 2017-18 is expected to make a push beyond input factors towards streamlining the overall value-chain of the agriculture sector

Re-imagine agriculture: Here are 8 points Krishi Budget wants Jaitley to emphasise on the big day

Going by the last two budgets and the string of anti-farmer legislations and policies of this government, farmers’ movements have held that this is the most farmer unfriendly government of Independent India

To double farmer income, Budget should address debt woes, encourage tech innovation

Last time, the attainment of doubling farmers’ income in India was accomplished in 13 years.

Exclusive: Ahead of Budget, here's a glimpse of what PM Modi may have planned for farmers

The measures suggested this time are intriguing because India has never adopted such a path since independence to reshape agricultural policy.

Exclusive: Yogendra Yadav's Swaraj Abhiyan to present Kisan Budget ahead of Arun Jaitley's big day

In a bid to draw the attention of the government to the condition of farmers in the country, Yogendra Yadav and his Jai Kisan Andolan — a part of Swaraj Abhiyan — will present an alternative budget called ‘Kisan Budget’ on 30 January

Five points Budget should take note of to jump-start rural agriculture economy

To combat the continuing slump in the agri-economy, the government should open up FDI in agricultural sectors

What agriculture sector requires is higher budgetary allocation, not increased subsidies

Budget this year is broadly expected to concentrate on increasing budgetary allocations for agri-development and not increasing the deficit by doling out increased subsidies

Why is PM silent on specifics of black money, political funding?

If the government can insist the common man to change their cash transactions to digital mode, why can’t it ask the same of political parties, too?

Modi announces incentives in New Year speech: 15 points

The incentives come ahead of the government's annnual budget, expected some time in February, and before key a election in the northern state of Uttar Pradesh in early 2017