After the grand gesture of crop loan waiver last year, Chief Minister Kumaraswamy’s budget for 2019-20 builds on the farmer orientation of his government by focussing on irrigation. It will be no surprise if each of the specified projects serves a particular political interest. Industrial initiatives hitThe resources for this irrigation-plus-community and religious focus have to come from somewhere, and it is industrial initiatives that have been hit. There are few other major industrial initiatives here, and those that are there are also politically motivated. But the budget falls somewhat short when it comes to the long-term industrial initiatives the State needs.

Source: The Hindu February 08, 2019 18:56 UTC