No plan to tax agricultural income; rich farmer very rare: FM Jaitley
Finance Minister Arun Jaitley has said the government has no plans to tax agricultural income, including that of prosperous farmers, saying a rich farmer is "a very rare institution" and not the norm.
May 09, 2017, 14:32 PM IST'Plans for agri sector & inflation must to fight weak monsoon'
Meteorology Department predicting deficient monsoon for the second year, the government will have to prepare a contingency plan for the farm sector and at the same time work on managing inflation, India Ratings said Friday.
Jun 19, 2015, 18:26 PM ISTFarm sector reforms key to reducing fiscal deficit: Moody's
Improvement in India's sovereign rating will depend on the government's ability to pursue farm sector reforms as they have a bearing on inflation and fiscal deficit, Moody's said on Thursday.
Jan 29, 2015, 22:57 PM IST