Budget Caravan visits city of Ludhiana in the heart of Punjab. The city is known for its small scale industries. It is a hub for small scale units whether it is to do with hosiery, auto parts, cycle manufacturing or even sewing machines. CNBC-TV18's Archana Shukla gets the Budget wish list from the city.
However, as CNBC-TV18's Budget Caravan made its way through Bihar‘s Gaya district, they found bright spots that can be an inspiration for other villages as well as policy makers.
It's been a decade since the Mahatma Gandhi National Rural Employment Guarantee Act, or MNREGA, came into force. Budget 2016 is also widely expected to provide a further boost to such social welfare schemes.
CNBC-TV18's Farah Bookwala Vhora travels to the automotive and industrial hub of Sanand in Gujarat to understand economic and social manifestations in this region.
What would you do if you wake up to find Rs 1 crore in your bank account? Retire and travel the world? Hundreds of farmers in Sanand who woke up to a Crorepati status when the Tata Nano drove into Sanand in 2008 and kicked off a rapid industrialisation boom.
In the third part of Budget Caravan series, CNBC-TV18's Farah Bookwala Vhora finds out the challenges faced by Sanand workforce.
In the second part of CNBC-TV18's Budget Caravan series, Farah Bookwala Vhora travels to one such village and is astonished by its transformation and that of its people.