Chaivala Rural Budget Rocks and Knocks Opposition
Though ‘Loot ki Sarkar of UPA’ was defeated by Modi, Modi’s sarkar was accused by Rahul as ‘Suit boot ki Sarkar’ because Modi had appeared with a costly suit gifted to him by an Industrialist a year or so. Now, with the budget of 2016-17 which is being hailed as the Pro-Farmer, Pro-Poor, Pro-Women, Pro-Rural Skill and Infrastructure Developments budget, it seems that Congress Party under Rahul’s stewardship was once again knocked out and he should coin some other suitable slogans to target Modi. Some salient points of the budget in respect of Rural and Agricultural Sectors alone are listed hereunder: v A dedicated Long Term Irrigation Fund will be created in NABARD with an initial corpus of Rs . 20,000 crore with a view to double farm incomes by 2022. v A sum of Rs 38,500 crore allocated for MGNREGS . v 100% village electrification by 1st May, 2018 . v 2.87 lakh crore will be given as Grant in Aid to Gram Pancha...