Forced on a crutch

October 03, 2018 11:47

Four years ago, when the Bharatiya Janata Party routed the Congress and came to power, the prime minister made a number of promises, such as Make in India, Skill India, Digital India and Clean India in Sanskrit (Swachh Bharat). Although he did not wrap it up in a crisp slogan, he also promised to double farmers' income. That sounded unrealistic. Doubling of farmers' income in 10 years would involve raising it at 7.1 per cent a year on the average; such agricultural growth has not been achieved over any significant length of time. Read Ashok V Desai's column here.

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