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He called it the “coconut” of the Budget – inside the outer shell of a long speech were some smooth stuff summarizing the policies of this Budget.Kerala, Tamil Nadu, Bengal (all of which will go to the polls early this year), Andhra Pradesh (ruled by the BJP’s ally, the LDF), and Gujarat (the home state of the BJP’s two biggest leaders, Modi and Shah) are among the main beneficiaries this time around.
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To give the Secretary of State credit, policy was often twinned with economic logic. It announced a promotional scheme that will help coconut farmers in Kerala, Tamil Nadu, Andhra Pradesh, Karnataka and Gujarat. This is a good policy because coconuts, which face high demand, can be a major source of income.India needs its own supplies of rare earth elements, if only to reduce its dependence on the fickle Chinese. States in focus – Kerala, TN, Odisha (BJP-ruled) and Andhra.
A big help was the move to make fishing in EEZs and the high seas duty-free and to classify the sale of this catch in any foreign port as exports – meaning higher income for the fishing community. States with some of the largest fishing communities – Andhra, TN, Kerala, Bengal and Gujarat.Trains, those old favorites of budget policy, except they are high-speed trains these days, and the more of them in India, the better. The Foreign Minister promised 7 high-speed rail corridors. Places to be connected include Chennai (Tamil Nadu), Siliguri (Bengal) and Varanasi.
