Jas: Need to widen farm horizon
TIMES NEWS NETWORK[ SATURDAY, DECEMBER 06, 2003 04:30:16 AM ]

NEW DELHI : The FM feels that there is a strong case for a second Green Revolution encompassing diversification of agriculture, development of wasteland, capital expenditure, growth and expansion of irrigation, besides value-addition in agriculture produce.

The government wou-ld also need to move in areas like horticulture and floriculture. The minister added that there would be no dearth of funds for public investment in agri-culture. Mo-ney would not come in the way of development," he said.

The FM didn’t say much more. But what can he be expected to focus on?

The road building programme, which yields tangible symbols of development that all voters can see for themselves, apart from being good for economic growth, can be expected to get a boost.

The government’s media campaign to encourage people to change In-ia by paying taxes suggests that the next budget could also carry for-ward the taxpayer-friendly changes in tax administration.