https://mainstreamweekly.net/ Mainstream Weekly ISSN (Mainstream Online) : 2582-7316 Author Submission Guidelines Mainstream's Privacy Policy Donate to Support Mainstream Weekly en SPIP - www.spip.net https://www.mainstreamweekly.net/local/cache-vignettes/L144xH42/siteon0-5599c.jpg?1780229567 https://mainstreamweekly.net/ 42 144 https://www.mainstreamweekly.net/article1523.html https://www.mainstreamweekly.net/article1523.html 2009-07-18T10:24:25Z text/html en K. Varadarajan, S. Ramachandra Pillai <p>The 2009-10 Budget has been presented at a time when recession has hit all sectors of the economy. The Congress-led UPA Government was expected to come up with concrete measures to meet the extraordinary situation. The agrarian sector has been hit by delayed monsoons and indications of early drought conditions. Manipur has already been declared drought-hit and predictions of a similar fate for certain other States are also rife. The suicides by farmers continue unabated touching an average (…)</p> - <a href="https://www.mainstreamweekly.net/rubrique102.html" rel="directory">July 2009</a>