This report has been modified to correct an error in the original version
Congress Vice-President Rahul Gandhi was criticised for skipping the first part of the Budget session of Parliament. On Monday, he returned to the House. In a highly awaited speech, Gandhi criticised Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s government for its policies, which, according to him, were anti-farmer and pro-rich. Business Standard puts to test a few of Gandhi’s assertions:
FACT AND FICTION
Congress Vice-President Rahul Gandhi was criticised for skipping the first part of the Budget session of Parliament. On Monday, he returned to the House. In a highly awaited speech, Gandhi criticised Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s government for its policies, which, according to him, were anti-farmer and pro-rich. Business Standard puts to test a few of Gandhi’s assertions:
FACT AND FICTION
Correction
In the original report, there was an error in calculating the growth rate in credit for agriculture during the 10-year regime of the United Progressive Alliance government from 2004-05 to 2013-14. The credit flow to the agriculture sector in 2003-04 was estimated Rs 86,981 crore and it went up to Rs 7.31 lakh crore in 2013-14, showing a growth rate of 740 per cent. Congress Vice-president Rahul Gandhi had stated that total credit to agriculture grew by 700 per cent in the UPA period. The error is regretted, and has been corrected.