Agriculture sector tops UPA budget mentions

The agriculture sector appears to have dominated the mindspace of the previous government, going by the number of times the word "agriculture" has been mentioned in the United Progressive Alliance’s budget speeches from FY2005 to FY2014.

The same is true of "banks" and "finance". In contrast, mentions of "manufacturing", "power", and "construction" are comparatively fewer during FY05 to FY14. However, in the interim budget for 2014-15, the trend seems to have reversed for "power" and "manufacturing".

Incidentally, the manufacturing sector registered a marked slowdown in FY13 and suffered a decline in FY14. Here’s an analysis of budget speeches of finance ministers during 2005 to 2014:



Note: per cent refers to the share of key-word mentions with respect to other key words. Also, words used in the same sense (agriculture/agricultural & banks/banking) have been included in the same category (agriculture & banks).