In the union budget 2020, a special provision of Rs 3 lakh\ncrore has been made for agriculture and allied sectors. This shows the seriousness\nof the Modi government to its promise of doubling the income of farmers by\n2022. Prime Minister Modi is constantly working towards the aim of increasing\nfarmers’ income by adopting the new ways.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
In this budget, the new provision made to increase the\nincome of farmers ensures that we are not very far away from achieving the goal\nof doubling the income of farmers. Under this unique initiative solar plants\nwill be installed on the vacant land of farmers and these solar-plants will be\nconnected to the national power grid. Apart from this, solar power pumps will\nbe provided to the farmers. They will also be connected to the national grid,\nso that the power generated in the free time will be used by the country. With\nthis the farmer can now also become ‘Urjadata’ <\/em>along with ‘Aandata’<\/em>.\nTo achieve this aim, the work of giving off-grid solar pumps to 20 lakh farmers\nand on-grid solar pumps to 15 lakh farmers will be done during the current financial\nyear. Apart from this, allocation of 75 thousand crores has been made for Prime\nMinister Modi’s ambitious Kisan Samman Nidhi Yojana<\/em>. With this, it will\nbe ensured that farmers will continue to get Rs 6000 annually in their account.\nThis scheme is vital in increasing the income of farmers.<\/p>\n\n\n\n It is also aimed to\nincrease the production of fish with the help of Sagar Mitra scheme<\/em> in coastal\nstates. The government is hopeful that by 2023, fish production will double and\nfish exports will reach by Rs 1 lakh crore. Production of Vegetable and fruit\nin the country has increased to more than 311 million metric tons which is\nactually more than the grain production in the country. But, due to lack of\nproper management, it rots and non-availability leads to inflation.<\/p>\n\n\n\n To tackle this problem, the government has taken up an\nambitious project to build cold storage chains across the country. This will be\naccomplished with the help of Food Corporation of India. By achieving this products\nlike fruits and vegetables can be stored and sold for a long time. Farmers will\nbe largely benefited with this and they will not be compelled to sold their\nproduce in hurry which certainly increase their income.<\/p>\n\n\n\n To facilitate faster and safer transportation of fruits,\nvegetables, meat and fish across the country, Kisan Udaan and Kisan Rail services\nhave also been announced. This will facilitate the farmers to transportation their\nproduce across the country. A special attention will be given to the\ndevelopment of these facilities in the North Eastern states. So it will be\nensured that the famers from these states smoothly transport their goods in the\ndifferent part of the country. A target has also been set to double milk\nprocessing capacity by 2025. The goal of eradication of diseases in livestock\nis also set and deadline to achieve the target is year 2025. Government\nbelieves that the livestock and dairy industries will play a big role in\nboosting the income of the country’s farmers.<\/p>\n\n\n\n The Central Government has also enacted agricultural reforms\nsuch as Model Agricultural Land Lease Act 2016, Model Agricultural Produce and\nLivestock Marketing (Promotion and Simplification) Act 2017 and Model\nAgricultural Products and Livestock Contract Agriculture and Services\n(Promotion and Simplification) Act 2018. The states which have adopted these\nreforms have seen a definite improvement in the situation of the farmers. This\nwill help the farmers to change their own production according to the changing\nmarket demand.<\/p>\n\n\n\n This budget aims to the give special attention to those 100\ndistricts which are facing water scarcity crisis. For such areas, drip\nirrigation technique will be encouraged under Prime Minister Irrigation\nProject. This technique not only saves the water but also saves the valuable\nenergy. With decreasing consumption of water after adopting this technique,it\nis evident that water levels will start rising. <\/p>\n\n\n\n The government is also encouraging the farmers to adopt the\norganic farming. The government will ensure that farmers will be taught the\nbenefit of zero budget farming. The organic farming is certainly environment\nfriendly and has very less negative impact on the nature. This conserves the valuable\nbiodiversity. In order to divert farmers towards organic farming, the\ngovernment has facilitating farmers to form Farmers Producer Organization\n(FPO). Organic farming and zero budget farming are cost effective which also\nhelp in increasing the income of farmers.<\/p>\n\n\n\n By connecting the agricultural mandis of the entire country with the internet, more than 6 crores farmers associated with it are getting benefit. The Prime Minister’s ambitious e-NAM scheme has helped farmers in the country to get equal and good prices of their produce. With the increasing use of technology, it is emerging as a reliable platform for selling the product of the farmers. All these efforts of the Modi government can certainly be expected to double farmers’ income by the year 2022. <\/p>\n\n\n\n (The writer is National Vice President-BJP Kisan Morcha)<\/strong><\/em> <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" In the union budget 2020, a special provision of Rs 3 lakh crore has been made for agriculture and allied sectors. This shows the seriousness of the Modi government to its promise of doubling the income of farmers by 2022. 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