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Full text: FM Nirmala Sitharaman unveils Union Budget 2021; doubles healthcare spending, lifts caps on FDI
Fp Staff •Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman on Monday delivered her third Budget speech in the Parliament. Here's the full text of her speech in Lok Sabha
Union Budget 2021: Farm innovation fund needed to support agri-tech solutions, startups, boost innovation
Randhir Chauhan •The available statistics amplify the potential of India’s agriculture sector to aid fiscal growth
Union Budget 2021: Industry body demands GST rate cut on agrochemicals, focus on R&D
•CropLife India said slashing the GST rate will help lower the prices of agrochemicals and benefit farmers
Union Budget 2021: PMFAI demands GST reduction on pesticides from 18% to 5%
•The PMFAI also urged the government to extend a financial support for developing technologies for intermediates and technical grade pesticides indigenously under 'Make in India'
Union Budget 2021: Govt should focus on R and D in agriculture, raise outlay, help farmers to diversify crops
Vivian Fernandes •The Centre’s outlay for agricultural research and education last year was a little over $1 billion or Rs 8,000 cr compared to the $2.8 billion R and D investment of Bayer Crop Science.
Nirmala Sitharaman presents Union Budget 2019 in Parliament; FM met with President Ram Nath Kovind before her speech
Fp Staff •Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman presents the Union Budget 2019-20 in the Lok Sabha at Parliament, in New Delhi today.
Budget 2019 sops for agrarian sector: Rs 6,000 to small and marginal farmers good move, but needs enhancement
Yatishyadav •The NDA government's decision to provide Rs 6,000 per year to each farmer with a land holding of less than 2 hectares is a major boost for the sector that has been witnessing a sharp decline in the numbers of cultivators since 2001.