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Great Expectations - Citizens' Questions for Union Government By:  Vijay Sardana Budget has given lot of new thoughts for the common man and also gave lot of focus on agriculture and healthcare.  With all the good intention, there are some missing links which should be addressed by the policy makers whoever is in power.  These are difficult issues face by common man and need serious consideration by policy makers to find practical answers. S.No. Sector Citizens Questions for Union Government 1.        Agriculture Where is the agriculture policy document of Union government? Where are the animal husbandry and fisheries policies of Union government? How and where Private investment will come without comprehensive vision and policy document? 2.        Agriculture MSP:  If farmers are using less expensive input and following more low-cost organic method, will they get less MSP? Please clarify, if MSP is 50% of inputs used, the low cos

Arun Jaitley Exclusive Finance Minister Arun Jaitley talks about Union Budget 2018 Please click here:  https://youtu.be/xhoC78jS-zQ

Indian Union Budget 2018 Part-1:  Agro-economy and  Implementation   Challenges By: Vijay Sardana In the year 2016-17, there was a record food grain production of around 275 million tonnes and around 300 million tonnes of fruits and vegetables. Due to the recent public outcry about the status of farmers’ in India. Government is forced to take the steps for the welfare of farmers. Agriculture marketing and infrastructure are becoming the theme of the budget. For decades, country’s agriculture policy and the programme had remained production centric. This budget is showing a shift in thinking which is a welcome step. Emphasis is on generating higher incomes for farmers by encouraging bettering marketing connect. Agriculture must be considered as an enterprise and technology and marketing reforms should help farmers to produce more from the same land parcel at a lesser cost and simultaneously realize higher prices for their produce. This will also help in generating pro

DNA Money: Country of Agriculture -  How to solve Agriculture Crisis? Country of Agriculture but Farmers' committing suicide and 1/3rd population deprived of Food Click here :  https://youtu.be/nUOAqdnyipw?t=38m   (Statement of Vijay Sardana from 38th minutes - 4 minutes video clip mentioning policy changes) Feel free share...

Budget-2018:  Test of Modinomics and Political Courage Can Modi Government address Farmers' Concern & Rural Economy in Budget 2018? By:  Vijay Sardana Views are personal Before reading this article you can also read Election manifesto of the government as well. To read please click here:  Agriculture & BJP Election Manifesto   (Can Modi Government deliver?, I wrote this article in Jan. 2015) Agriculture Produce Marketing is the biggest rural economic activity. Short-sighted political considerations has ruined rural economy by creating highly inefficient agriculture marketing system, created state-sponsored cartels of middlemen linked to political parties  to exploit farmers  and consumers. This has not only resulted in  far lower than expected private investment in rural  economy of India and drain of tax payers and government revenues. This is leading to unemployment, food inflation, food social indicators and growing crime in urban centers. What