HT Explainer | How budget 2016 is all about the rural economy

Gaurav Choudhary, economy editor at Hindustan Times, explains how Finance Minister Arun Jaitley's third budget has marked a strategic shift towards

addressing rural distress in a country of 1.3 billion people. In India, two-fifths of families rely on farming and are reeling from two years of drought. Hence, this police shift indicates a significant push to the rural economy, with the budget being termed as a pro-poor one. With this, Jaitley has shunned populism while balancing the key priorities of investment, growth and jobs.

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