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A clear message was that the ongoing seven-decade-old model of agriculture, based on extensive reliance on subsidy by the government at every stage, was not going to work, said NITI Aayog vice-chairman Rajiv Kumar.
'Businessmen like Rajiv render public service when they speak truth to power,' observes Virendra Kapoor.
The youths will be provided short-term training for at least three months, in a range of skills for which there is good market demand.
'In the final analysis, all Budgets everywhere are like the schemes hatched by A A Milne's lovable Winnie-the-Pooh.' 'They may be well-intended, but often go awry.' 'Although Pooh and his friends agree that he 'has very little brain', he is occasionally acknowledged to have a clever idea, usually driven by common sense.' 'This Budget at a first glance does not appear to belong to that latter category,' says economist Shreekant Sambrani.
Yadav's family had expressed desire to meet the DG following which the meeting was arranged.
The development came a day after the protesting farmers rejected the Centre's offer to start talks as soon as they move to Burari and continued to stay put Singhu and Tikri borders of the national capital.
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Finance Minister Arun Jaitley presented the Union Budget.
To curb mis-selling of policies and rationalise commissions, radical changes have been proposed to help investors.
He accused the Congress of hatching a conspiracy to destabilise the country and 'demoralise' its soldiers.
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'The government has said it has kept its powder dry to fight the true battle against the debilitating influence of the pandemic.' 'The release of the shocking economic data this week should act as the fuse for using that powder now.' 'Further delays will make the battle that much harder,' notes Shreekant Sambrani.
Ajai Shukla presents an action plan for Defence Minister Rajnath Singh to fix the systemic weaknesses in defence.
'Favourable treatment to selected areas has been a pattern throughout the state.'
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In cutting interest rates and giving a boost to the government's efforts to revive growth, RBI governor Raghuram Rajan displayed the pragmatism and flexibility familiar to those who work with him.
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He said farmers need to get good remunerative price for their produce.
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For the first time in the state's history, over 10,000 thousand farmers have gone on strike.
It is unlikely that the RBI will drop rates until the inflation rate drops below five per cent.
To ensure equal access to health care, the government must consider it in a holistic manner and improve all parameters.
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Though SpiceJet is likely to resume flights, experts have a doubt on the airline's financial capabilities.
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Consumer durables and electronics companies are putting the final touches to their festive period plans.
'Wild animals lived in their natural environment.' 'So, viruses could not be communicated.' 'Then came mass production and mass quartering of animals -- whether it be poultry, pigs and cattle -- which gave rise to bird flu, SARS and the mad cow disease.' 'Vast amounts of animal produce are also being flown from one part of the world to another, which has helped to spread the virus.' 'All these changes have led to a new and deadly mutation of the virus that has immobliised human beings.'
IndiGo's situation points to a deeper malaise where skill shortage can challenge India's status as the fastest-growing aviation market, say experts.
States' demand of compensation from Centre for loss of tax revenue not on agenda.
The government will announce minimum support prices for kharif.
Union Budget 2015 cuold have included few smaller reforms.
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Around 81 per cent of the workers constitute the unorganised sector - devoid of any social security cover and outside the purview of a complex set of labour laws.
Since the food subsidy is almost Rs 1,000 per person per year, there is a need for complete re-engineering of the existing public distribution system so as to ensure each and every grain reaches the right beneficiary, he said.
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