{"license":"Free to use with attribution to Vaada Meter (license terms to be finalised)","methodVersion":"1.0","generatedAt":"2026-10-06T07:29:06.463Z","data":{"id":"inc-ls-1991-007","text":"Give a massive thrust to food processing and agro-based industries","quote":"provide a massive thrust to food processing and other agro-based industries, in an endeavour to increase the income of farmers","quoteIsExact":false,"quoteLanguage":"en","quoteEnglish":null,"page":null,"sector":"agriculture","measurability":"directional","importance":"major","deadline":"1996-05-16","deadlineType":"implied","status":"kept","rating":10,"ratingRule":"kept","provisional":false,"confidence":"medium","reason":"The 1991-92 budget fully exempted a list of processed agricultural products from excise duty, citing this pledge. The 1996 interim budget lists encouraging agro-processing among the farm policies followed.","evidence":[{"date":"1991-07-24","sourceType":"budget","publisher":"Ministry of Finance","title":"Budget Speech 1991-92 (Manmohan Singh)","url":"https://www.indiabudget.gov.in/doc/bspeech/bs199192.pdf","quote":"I propose to exempt agro-based products such as sauces, ketchup, butter, cheese, skimmed milk powder, vegetable oils, jams, jellies and juices, canned fruits and dried vegetables ... from excise duties altogether.","stance":"supports"},{"date":"1996-02-28","sourceType":"budget","publisher":"Ministry of Finance","title":"Interim Budget Speech 1996-97","url":"https://www.indiabudget.gov.in/doc/bspeech/bs199697(I).pdf","quote":"We have removed barriers to internal and external trade in agricultural commodities. We have encouraged agro-processing activities.","stance":"supports"}],"tags":["food-processing"],"sensitive":false,"memeLine":null,"review":{"state":"ai_draft","draftedBy":"research-agent","draftedAt":"2026-10-05","reviewedBy":null,"approvedBy":null},"manifestoId":"inc-ls-1991","partyId":"inc","electionId":"ls-1991"}}