THE INDIAN economy was left in the pink of health by the NDA government. Even the finance minister agreed last year that the challenge before him was to maintain the momentum of growth the economy had recorded in 2003-2004. To achieve this, he must concentrate on the following:
THE INDIAN economy was left in the pink of health by the NDA government. Even the finance minister agreed last year that the challenge before him was to maintain the momentum of growth the economy had recorded in 2003-2004. To achieve this, he must concentrate on the following:
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* Rural Infrastructure — bijli, sadak, paani. Drought-proofing of Indian agriculture must be priority number one. The Watershed Development Mission that we had created needs all the support it can get. The greatest emphasis must be put on the completion of all ongoing irrigation schemes and the start of new ones.
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