Budget Yatra

Budget Yatra 2013: Ground reports on economy from across the country

Karma Paljor takes a tour of the country and reports on the stress points of an economy facing a downturn. ...

Budget yatra: Vidarbha farmers unhappy with government aid

CNN-IBN's Budget Yatra has reached the country's cotton belt of Maharashtra. The Vidharbha region is infamous for farmer suicides and is still struggling with cotton production down by 40 per cent. In the same village that was visited by the Prime Minister who announced the farm waiver, six years later the situation is the same farmers are back in debt and struggling. Most say they are against free dole but...  

Budget yatra: 22 farmers commit suicide in 2 months in Yavatmal

Travelling through areas where economic policies have made a huge impact, both positive and negative, CNN-IBN's Budget Yatra moves to Yavatmal in Maharashtra. This year alone, within just two months, over 22 farmers have committed suicide following a dismal harvest. ...  

Budget Yatra: Capital goods sector in Pune hit by economic crisis

In Pune, CNN-IBN's team touches another nerve of India's economy, the capital goods sector which contributes to about 6 per cent of our economy. Because of the slowdown in the economy projects worth over thousands of crores are in a limbo impacting the sector. ...

Budget yatra: Industry in Coimbatore hit by power crisis

In the run up to the Budget Session CNN-IBN's Budget yatra travels to Coimbatore, which is hailed for its industrial growth. But with India's growth numbers dipping drastically in the past few years, has Coimbatore been affected? ...  

Budget yatra: Tirupur, the knitwear capital of India, loses its sheen

CNN-IBN's Budget yatra is travelling across the country to states which are pillars of India's growth. CNN-IBN travels to Tirupur - the knitwear capital of India. From its peak in 2005 Tirupur has lost its sheen. From Rs 12,000 crore, it was expected to touch exports of over Rs 20,000 crore, but that never happened. ...