Neoliberal roots
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28/03/2008
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Frontline
The judgment one reaches on what the current year's Budget will do for farmers will vary depending on whether its provisions are seen as a sui generis exercise or are viewed within a longer term perspective that encompasses an awareness of the continuing and relentless drive to implement neoliberal policies by the triumvirate constituted by Prime Minister Manmohan Singh, Finance Minister P. Chidambaram and Planning Commission's Deputy Chairman M.S. Ahluwalia