Farm Incomes

Supporting farm growth

Budget has enabling proposals

In 6 years before Covid, India's average farm incomes rose 59% and debt 58%

Income varied between farming households disaggregated by size of land holding and between states.

HUL to Relaxo Footwears: Analysts upbeat on consumption-related stocks

Changes in the income-tax, likely good monsoon and the on-going above normal Rabi acreage along with higher MSPs are the key triggers analysts are betting on for the consumption revival

Personal I-T revenue now equals all other direct taxes: That's a problem

Until the 1950s taxes on output contributed more to government revenue than those on incomes of people and businesses. But since then the balance has gradually been reversed

Best of BS Opinion: Modi's twin test, Brexit & nostalgia, and more

Today's views focus on Modi's role as a reformer, what the automobile industry signals for the Indian economy and the risks of the government spending more, immediately, to combat the recession

Govt's initiatives in agriculture will double farm income by 2022: PM Modi

He would also unveil a portal on organic farming and lay the foundation stone of 25 Krishi Vigyan Kendras

Centre looks at tweaking trade tariffs to boost farm incomes

Senior officials said the government would be bold and quick to hike import duties on commodities whose prices had fallen by a big amount or push exports