Highlights of India Today March 14th, 2016, issue: The Cover Story this week 'The Dhoti Kurta Sarkar' looks at how Prime Minister Narendra Modi is hoping to shed the suit-boot tag, boost the economy and win a second term by offering a budget in favour of the farming sector and the poor. The Sex Slaves of Kerala is an investigative report which talks in detail of the police crackdown on an explosive human trafficking network in the state that sent vulnerable women to the Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC) countries as sex slaves. The story 'English Calling' looks at Bihar Chief Minister Nitish Kumar's efforts to set up skill development centres at block levels to encourage spoken English and provide basic computer skills to the state's youth to help them overcome their English handicap and rise in their careers. The issue carries a report on how British Asian filmmaker Asif Kapadia received a well-deserved nod for his documentary, Amy, at the 88th Academy Awards. The issue also has four free magazines with it: Aspire, Spice, Simply Punjabi, Simply Bangalore.
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