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What to expect

What are we going to get in this budget? People want straight and simple answers. It is not difficult to make a close-to-accurate guess if one first addresses some key questions.

NMNF targets to train 18.75 lakh farmers in natural farming

The National Mission on Natural Farming (NMNF) will train 18.75 lakh farmers in practising natural farming who, in turn, will reach out to one crore farmers. At a two-day national workshop on natural farming conducted by the Union Ministry of Agriculture and Farmers’ Welfare at Gujarat Natural Farming Science University, Halol, Gujarat on Thursday.

The Great Con ~ II

Tax rates are ostensibly kept low to promote investment and ensure greater compliance. Neither of these, in fact, happens. In the bargain the social indicators suffer and income disparity mounts. There is nothing like 'trickle down' of economic development in real life. Per capita GDP and similar indicators are the best tools to hide the reality of mounting inequality