Joining Forces
The budget showcases a master plan for rural and agricultural development by dovetailing the financial resources available with 10 ministries.
Finance Minister Arun Jaitley has achieved a remarkable feat by announcing a slew of measures for rural and agriculture sectors in the Union Budget 2018/19. One third of his Budget speech covered just these two sectors. He also came up with the announcement that the government is planning to spend `14.35 lakh crore towards agriculture and other livelihood programmes in rural India.
It may seem that the Narendra Modi government is striving to achieve what has not been attempted till now. When compared to the central government's total annual budget of `24.42 lakh crore, the amount earmarked for these two sectors looks quite substantial.
