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Elections 2019: Will welfare schemes help BJP retain rural votes?

From cooking gas (Ujjwala Yojana) to crop insurance (Fasal Bima Yojana), the delivery of rural welfare schemes could be critical for BJP electoral prospects in the hinterlands

3 min read20 Dec 2018
Politics

Karnataka elections: 70% voter turnout, exit polls predict hung assembly

Rural voters outnumbered their urban counterparts in exercising their franchise in Karnataka elections, the Election Commission data showed

2 min read12 May 2018
Money

Food prices tread easy but political considerations are a risk

While keeping food prices low is seen as good economics, and it also benefits the poor, its adverse effect on farmers makes for bad headlines

2 min read3 Apr 2018
Opinion

Bharatiya Janata Party’s farm economics problem

It is not clear at this stage if agriculture will become a driving issue in the 2019 Lok Sabha elections, but it is likely to be an important issue in 2018 assembly elections

4 min read16 Mar 2018

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The Union Budget contains details about the estimated receipts and the expenditure of the government for a particular fiscal year. The Budget is allotted for the upcoming fiscal year, which runs from 1st April to 31st March of the next year. Here is a quick guide on how the Union Budget is prepared

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