PM-FM Budget meeting to focus on farm, rural sectors
Prime Minister Manmohan Singh and finance minister P Chidambaram are expected to hold a meeting just before the Union Budget to discuss key issues. Budget 2008-08 is set to spell out various schemes and plans to boost agriculture and rural sectors. In a recent meeting with the finance minister, the Congress party members pointed out that the government should increase focus on the rural development as well as schemes for the common man. Another issue that is expected to figure prominently would be agriculture sector and its deceleration.