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With an eye on the upcoming panchayat elections in the state, West Bengal Finance Minister Amit Mitra on Wednesday presented a Rs 6 crore deficit budget sans any fresh tax proposals focussing on agriculture and rural areas and showering sops in the form of social security schemes. Presenting his budget for 2018-19, Mitra set aside Rs 100 crore to avoid any distress sale of agricultural produce and proposed exemption on mutation fee in case of sell of farmland for agricultural activities, and increasing pension benefits for old farmers. "In order to avoid distress sale and ensure proper support prices for farmers' produce, ... I propose Rs 100 crore for this special fund," he told the state assembly.