Farm Income Double

Karnataka aims to be the first state to double the farmers' income by 2023-24, and will be constituting a committee comprising farmers to prepare a state specific report in this regard, which the government will implement, the Chief Minister said.

Shobha Karandlaje, the news Minister of State for Agriculture, said the Modi government's objective is doubling farmers' income and she has got a huge responsibility.

Niti Aayog Member Ramesh Chand on Sunday said the target of doubling farmers' income by 2022 will not be fulfilled if the three new farm laws are not implemented immediately, adding that the protesting farm unions should consider the government''s offer of discussing the legislations clause by clause.

Former Rajasthan Deputy Chief Minister and Congress leader Sachin Pilot said on Tuesday that while the BJP government has promised to double farmers' income, the ruling party is "standing against" the tillers in a time of crisis.

Union Home Minister Amit Shah on Sunday said doubling farmers income was the biggest priority of the Narendra Modi government and that the three central farm laws would ensure manifold hike in their earnings.

Israel - India's strategic partner, especially in agriculture - will play a key role in helping realise Prime Minister Narendra Modi's vision to double farmers' income by 2022, said the country's Ambassador to India Dr Ron Malka.

Calling Prime Minister Narendra Modi "god of farmers", Madhya Pradesh Chief Minister Shivraj Singh Chouhan has said the three farm sector reform bills passed recently by Parliament will double the income of cultivators.

Unfortunately, the promise of the PM to double farmers' incomes requires more wholistic and long-term thinking on reforms for the agrarian sector, which continues to evade the election-oriented polity and status quoist bureaucracy in India.

Prime Minister Narendra Modi today launched Rs 20,050 crore Pradhan Mantri Matsya Sampada Yojana (PMMSY) to boost production and exports in the fisheries sector as part of the government's aim to double farmers' income.

The government in Budget 2020-21 has raised the farm loan disbursal target by 11 per cent to Rs 15 lakh crore for the next fiscal and allocated Rs 1.6 lakh crore to implement various plans in agriculture and allied sectors as it chases the goal of doubling farmers' income by 2022.

The Congress on Wednesday asked the government to announce a national farm loan waiver in the upcoming Union Budget and spell out measures to ensure that farmers' income doubles by 2022.

Union minister Nirmala Sitharaman today said the country needs to replicate "zero budget farming" as part of the government's plan to help farmers double their income. In her speech presenting the Union budget in parliament, the minister underscored the need to "go back to the basics, which will help double farmers' income".

Haryana Chief Minister Manohar Lal Khattar on Monday said his government has been rapidly implementing initiatives for doubling farmers' incomes and prepared a scheme for constructing pucca tracks towards farm fields.

The cabinet today cleared the long-awaited Agriculture Export Policy that's in line with Prime Minister Narendra Modi's commitment to double farmers' income by 2022. The new policy aims to double the nation's farm exports to $60 billion by 2022 and gives a "greater thrust" to value-added products, promotion and branding of India's produce.

Uttar Pradesh minister Surya Pratap Shahi said today that the BJP government in the state aims to double farmers' income by introducing technology and modern techniques of farming.

Karnataka aims to be the first state to double the farmers' income by 2023-24, and will be constituting a committee comprising farmers to prepare a state specific report in this regard, which the government will implement, the Chief Minister said.

Shobha Karandlaje, the news Minister of State for Agriculture, said the Modi government's objective is doubling farmers' income and she has got a huge responsibility.

Niti Aayog Member Ramesh Chand on Sunday said the target of doubling farmers' income by 2022 will not be fulfilled if the three new farm laws are not implemented immediately, adding that the protesting farm unions should consider the government''s offer of discussing the legislations clause by clause.

Former Rajasthan Deputy Chief Minister and Congress leader Sachin Pilot said on Tuesday that while the BJP government has promised to double farmers' income, the ruling party is "standing against" the tillers in a time of crisis.

Union Home Minister Amit Shah on Sunday said doubling farmers income was the biggest priority of the Narendra Modi government and that the three central farm laws would ensure manifold hike in their earnings.

Israel - India's strategic partner, especially in agriculture - will play a key role in helping realise Prime Minister Narendra Modi's vision to double farmers' income by 2022, said the country's Ambassador to India Dr Ron Malka.

Calling Prime Minister Narendra Modi "god of farmers", Madhya Pradesh Chief Minister Shivraj Singh Chouhan has said the three farm sector reform bills passed recently by Parliament will double the income of cultivators.

Unfortunately, the promise of the PM to double farmers' incomes requires more wholistic and long-term thinking on reforms for the agrarian sector, which continues to evade the election-oriented polity and status quoist bureaucracy in India.

Prime Minister Narendra Modi today launched Rs 20,050 crore Pradhan Mantri Matsya Sampada Yojana (PMMSY) to boost production and exports in the fisheries sector as part of the government's aim to double farmers' income.

The government in Budget 2020-21 has raised the farm loan disbursal target by 11 per cent to Rs 15 lakh crore for the next fiscal and allocated Rs 1.6 lakh crore to implement various plans in agriculture and allied sectors as it chases the goal of doubling farmers' income by 2022.

The Congress on Wednesday asked the government to announce a national farm loan waiver in the upcoming Union Budget and spell out measures to ensure that farmers' income doubles by 2022.

Union minister Nirmala Sitharaman today said the country needs to replicate "zero budget farming" as part of the government's plan to help farmers double their income. In her speech presenting the Union budget in parliament, the minister underscored the need to "go back to the basics, which will help double farmers' income".

Haryana Chief Minister Manohar Lal Khattar on Monday said his government has been rapidly implementing initiatives for doubling farmers' incomes and prepared a scheme for constructing pucca tracks towards farm fields.

The cabinet today cleared the long-awaited Agriculture Export Policy that's in line with Prime Minister Narendra Modi's commitment to double farmers' income by 2022. The new policy aims to double the nation's farm exports to $60 billion by 2022 and gives a "greater thrust" to value-added products, promotion and branding of India's produce.

Uttar Pradesh minister Surya Pratap Shahi said today that the BJP government in the state aims to double farmers' income by introducing technology and modern techniques of farming.