Give a massive thrust to food processing and agro-based industries
“provide a massive thrust to food processing and other agro-based industries, in an endeavour to increase the income of farmers”
VAADA POORAKept
The verdict
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.
Rule applied: Kept: achieved as promised, on time or within 6 months of the deadline → 10
Implied deadline (end of term): 16 May 1996Confidence: mediumAI draft · review pending
10/10
Evidence timeline
- Budget24 Jul 1991· Ministry of FinancesupportsBudget Speech 1991-92 (Manmohan Singh) ↗
“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.”
- Budget28 Feb 1996· Ministry of FinancesupportsInterim Budget Speech 1996-97 ↗
“We have removed barriers to internal and external trade in agricultural commodities. We have encouraged agro-processing activities.”
Promise ID inc-ls-1991-007 · drafted 5 Oct 2026 by research-agent · JSON