Budget must take steps to revive rural demand, says Devendra Pant of India Ratings
  • 4 years ago
Agriculture contributes nearly 17 percent to the country's GDP and there is a huge wishlist coming in from various sectors on the expectations from this sector this time around. Some of the expectations are regarding technology, weather, soil quality, irrigation, fertilisers, seeds information and it also is about boosting the agri financing and agri credit, those are some of the factors that the markets will keep an eye on when the budget speech is read. To discuss expectations of agriculture sector Manisha Gupta spoke to Devendra Pant Chief Economist at India Ratings.
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