Budget 2016: 'Suit-Boot ki Sarkar' changes'Gareebon ki Sarkar'; govt tones 'Jai Kisan'

New Delhi :-The Prime Minister Narendra Modi government was accused at Congress Vice-President Rahul Gandhi for branded as “suit-boot ki sarkar". The BJP paid a political price for ‘denoting the concerns of the poor and the farmer’ when it lost Delhi and Bihar assembly elections. Because a big chunk of the voters belonged to rural areas. To counter this tag, Finance Minister Jaitley announced the Modi government’s third budget 2016, which is clearly highlighted towards farmers and poor. The two sections weren’t a major part of the government’s plan for the economic revival of the country. Instead, it involved big investments, multi-dollar projects and making India a destination that attracts foreign money, while the farmers suffered. With a kind of budget presented, it looks like the government has now understood that without a happy and moralised rural populace, its politics and economy agenda will not be viable. The Opposition had managed to create the government’s image as ‘anti-farmer’. And hence, the government was desperate to break free from this image. Below are the highlights of the Budget, which seems to be aimed at wooing the rural India, presented by Finance Minister: • Rs 35, 984 crore for welfare of farmers • Rs 20,000 crore for irrigation • Rs 5,500 crore for Prime Minister ' s Fasal Bima Yojana • Allocation for Krishi Sinchai Yojana • Soil health cards for 14,000 farms this year