The government also proposed promoting 'one product one district' for better marketing and export of horticulture crops. It also called on states for early implementation of three key central model laws on land leasing, agriculture produce and livestock marketing and contract farming.
Rediff.com does a quick checklist on what the two manifestos have to say on hot-button issues of the day.
It is time he stood up and assured the middle class that they can count on him as one of their own, says Dr Sudhir Bisht.
India needs to sustain a GDP growth rate of 8 per cent to become a five trillion dollar economy by 2025, the Economic Survey has stated.
Urban markets account for the major share of total revenues.
Stating that a weak fiscal position continues to constrain India's sovereign ratings, Fitch said the next government's medium-term fiscal policy will be of particular importance from a rating perspective.
