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Number drama in Budget 2011-2012 Speech of Pranab A provision of `300 crore is being made to promote higher production of these cereals, upgrade their processing technologies and create awareness regarding their health benefits. I propose to provide an amount of `300 crore for implementation of vegetable initiative to set in motion a virtuous cycle of higher production and incomes for the farmers. I propose to provide an amount of `300 crore to promote 60,000 pulses villages in rainfed areas for increasing crop productivity and strengthening market linkages. I propose to provide an amount of `300 crore to bring 60,000 hectares under oil palm plantation, by integrating the farmers with the markets. The National Mission for Protein Supplements is being launched in 2011-12 with an allocation of `300 crore. I propose to provide `300 crore for Accelerated Fodder Development Programme which will benefit farme...

Stunning recommendations in Economic Survey 2010-2011 1. PDS leakage Jha and Ramaswamy, using the NSS expenditure survey of 2004-05, report an overall diversion of 55 per cent of the grain meant for the poor. No matter where the exact figure lies between 40 and 55 per cent, the fact of the matter is the leakage that currently takes place is far too high. Once we give a legal guarantee to people about the food that they are to receive, if we try to deliver on this promise using our current delivery mechanism, we shall have to send twice the targeted amount of grain towards the targeted population. 2. Direct cash Transfer for Poor We may as a first step try this on one product, such as kerosene, by handing over the subsidy to the poor in the form of a smart card; and letting them buy kerosene from the market at market price. This will improve targeting and cut out corruption. It is true that the poor may misu...

Hi friends this post is my past one year experience of civil service exam preparation. These are  my personal recommendations for fellow aspirants. Economy:  Fellow senior aspirant and experienced blogger [ Mrunal Patel ] has written several articles on economy to clear the basic concepts in a very simple and clear way with good examples at  List of All Economy articles Another Good blog for brushing up economy concepts is at  http://indianeconomyforcs.blogspot.com Ultimate reference for economy basics is XIIth standard NCERT book   Macroeconomics Current Affairs : Good blog to follow summery of current affairs   INDIAN CURRENT AFFAIRS Another good blog for current affairs by a serving IAS officer along with some enthusiastic fellow aspirants  GS Current Affairs An outstanding and consistent current affairs google group run by Kalyan  Send him a request to subscribe to the group GS Prelims Model Quiz: Sure...