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Budget 2018: Stable trade policy may bring agri cheer

Drought, low prices have haunted Indian farmers for long; the key to growth lies in seeking new export markets.

The year 2017 would go down in history as a year of acute distress for a large number of farmers in India. After two consecutive drought years, they were hoping to realise a good income in 2017/18, but low prices of most agricultural produce left them high and dry. The central government has introduced several schemes in the last four years for

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