PM Narendra Modi's new growth recipe: Just add water

Like his father before him, Dattatatraya Kshirsagar, 80, has been looking forward for years to the day when a $65 million dam will be completed in his village, an hour-and-a-half drive southeast of Mumbai. The dam would supply enough water to irrigate 1,000 hectares (2,470 acres) of parched land around it, including Kshirsagar's 2.5-hectare family farm in Kondhane village. A steady water supply, instead of reliance on seasonal monsoon rains, would allow him to switch to cash crops and reap three harvests a year, instead of one now, Kshirsagar said. Read our full coverage on Union Budget 2016 Read more from our special coverage on "NARENDRA MODI" Prime Minister to inaugurate agri fair Narendra Modi, Nitish Kumar bonhomie is reflection of Team India: BJP Narendra Modi slams Congress in Bihar, lauds Nitish Kumar Using technology will improve court judgements: Modi Narendra Modi pitches for further quota reforms at IMF Kshirsagar's family ha...