Rural livelihood, Employment
- Kurukshetra
- 68(5), Mar, 2020: p.35-38
The Budget emphasized its goal to achieve the objective of doubling farmers’ income by 2022 and rolled out, inter alia, a 16-point agenda to ensure a quick agriculture-led rural economic growth, allocating resources to important livelihood and rural infrastructure initiatives. An amount of Rs. 1.6 lakh crore was earmarked for agriculture, irrigation and allied activities growth alongwith job creation, income and wealth generation s well as enhancement of overall consumption demand in rural India. - Reproduced
Budget, Agriculture - India, Rural development - India