Modi says govt wants to double farmers' income, skips contentious issues

In an interaction between farmers and Modi, no farmer talked about difficulties

With farmers in many parts of the country restive at falling prices for their produce, Prime Minister (PM) Narendra Modi again sought to assure them that his government was committed to double their incomes by 2022.

In an event billed as a rare instance of a PM interacting directly with farmers (via video conferencing, to over 600 districts), Modi, without dwelling on the issue of falling prices, sought to highlight his government’s achievements. That included a promise to guarantee a minimum support price of 1.5 times the cost of production. 

That cost, Modi said, would include hired labour, irrigation, fertiliser