UPA should focus on rural infrastructure: RJD

Saturday, March 17, 2007, 19:55 [IST]

New Delhi, Mar 7 (UNI) RJD member Ram Deo Bhandari today asked the UPA government to place more emphasis on building rural infrastructure in the country.

Participating in the Rajya Sabha a discussion on the Motion of Thanks on the President's address, he said a bulk of Indians still live in villages.

But a lot of farmers are moving away from agriculture and shifting to cities for job opportunities. This is primarily due to poor incentives being given for farming, said Mr Bhandari.

He said the share of agriculture in the country's GDP has declined to just 18 per cent.

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Bhopal, Mar 8 (UNI) A suspected naxal was killed this afternoon when a bomb he was carrying exploded near Churhat in Sidhi district while polling was underway for Lok Sabha byelection, the police said. ''The hitherto-unidentified body of a man, about 20 years old, was found on the Churhat-Teekat road, roughly 35 km from Sidhi district town. Two nine-volt batteries were found in the vicinity,'' Additional Superintendent of Police Saket Pande told UNI over telephone. Sidhi is one of the few.....

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