{"id":16523,"date":"2020-12-22T20:04:34","date_gmt":"2020-12-22T14:34:34","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/udaen.info\/?p=16523"},"modified":"2020-12-22T20:04:34","modified_gmt":"2020-12-22T14:34:34","slug":"the-farm-acts-were-envisaged-to-benefit-farmers-and-strengthen-indian-agriculture-narendra-singh-tomar","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/udaen.info\/?p=16523","title":{"rendered":"The Farm Acts were envisaged to benefit farmers and strengthen Indian Agriculture \u2013 Narendra Singh Tomar"},"content":{"rendered":"
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The Farm Acts were envisaged to benefit farmers and strengthen Indian Agriculture \u2013 Narendra Singh Tomar
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\nUnion Agriculture Minister interacts with members of the Foreign Correspondents\u2019 Club of South Asia<\/p>\n

Many steps have been taken over the last six years to benefit farmers under the leadership of PM Modi \u2013 Agriculture Minister
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Posted On: 22 DEC 2020 4:29PM by PIB Delhi<\/div>\n
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Interacting with members of the International media from the Foreign Correspondents\u2019 Club of South Asia Union Agriculture Minister Shri Narendra Singh Tomar said that the agriculture sector is the backbone of the Indian economy and under the leadership of the Prime Minister Modi the focus will be on doubling farmer\u2019s income by 2022.\u00a0 He explained that\u00a0the Farmers Produce Trade and Commerce (Promotion and Facilitation) Act 2020 and Farmers (Empowerment and Protection) Agreement on Price Assurance and Farm Services Act 2020 and the Essential Commodities Amendment Act 2020 are the biggest agricultural reforms in the country so far. The reforms will provide farmers market freedom, encourage entrepreneurship, access to technology and they will transform agriculture. He also said that India being a large democracy functions on the principle of\u00a0\u00a0 \u2018\u2019sabka saath, sabka vikas,\u00a0 sabka vishwas\u201d.<\/p>\n

During the interaction officials of the Agriculture Ministry explained in detail the provisions under the Farm Acts and how they will benefit the farmers and lead to the betterment of Indian agriculture in the new eco system.\u00a0 The Minister said that enacting the reform laws was not an overnight decision but it has gone through more than two decades of deliberations, suggested by numerous experts and recommendations by varied committees\/groups.\u00a0 Regarding MSP the Minister said that MSP is an administrative decision and it will continue.\u00a0 The Modi Government has shown its commitment to MSP very clearly with multiple hikes and multi-fold increase in procurement, including in the 2020-21 Kharif season.\u00a0 Modi government announced MSP hikes based on the formula that farmers will get at least 1.5 times the cost of production. This was a promise made and delivered.<\/p>\n

The Agriculture Minister outlined the various measures and reforms undertaken by the Ministry of Agriculture and Farmers Welfare during the last six years.\u00a0 He said that Indian agriculture has come a long way from food scarcity to food surplus.\u00a0 The Government therefore had realised that pro farmers reforms were essential to uplift the sector i.e. the backbone of the economy.\u00a0 Every effort is being made to create an eco system of farmer friendly policies to see that the sector goes from strength to strength. \u00a0The Pradhan Mantri Kisan Samman Nidhi (PM-KISAN) was introduced by the central government in February 2019 under which Rs. 6,000 per year is transferred to the beneficiary farmer\u2019s account per year in three instalments.\u00a0 Since the inception of the scheme, a total amount of RS. 95979 crore have been released so far and 10.59 crore farmer families have benefitted. A special drive has been undertaken to provide concessional credit to PM-KISAN beneficiaries through Kisan credit card. \u00a0He said that Neem Coated Urea was introduced since 2015-16 for reduced use of chemicals, improved soil health, overall increase in crop yields and reduction in the use of urea for non-agricultural purposes. \u00a0Agriculture Infrastructure Fund (AIF) was launched on 9th<\/sup>\u00a0August, 2020.\u00a0 The aim of the fund is to provide medium to long term debt financing for investment in viable projects for post-harvest management.\u00a0 Shri Tomar also spoke about the Farmer Producer Organisations (FPOs).\u00a0 Scheme for Formation and Promotion of 10,000 FPOs with a total budgetary provision of Rs. 6865 crore has been launched on 29.02.2020.\u00a0 Under the scheme, formation of 10,000 FPOs across the country is targeted in five years.<\/p>\n

The Minister reiterated that reforms have been made in the interest of farmers and will bring about a new era in Indian agriculture.\u00a0 The Government has had many rounds of talks with farmer unions and is willing to continue the dialogue on contentious issues, clause by clause, with an open mind.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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