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E-marketplace for marine products to raise farmer income: Piyush Goyal

Launching e-Santa, the minister said the platform will change the traditional way of carrying out business on word-of-mouth basis and will make the system more formal and legally binding

'Doubling farm income won't be achieved if agri laws aren't implemented'

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

Centre pursuing target of doubling farmers' income by 2022: Narendra Tomar

He said the implementation of various recommendations of the committee and comprehensive interventions of the government are "having a positive impact on growth of agriculture and income of farmers"

Budget Byte: Farmer income support nears target, but gap remains

This daily series of graphs provides context to some of the critical issues relating to the Union Budget on February 1

Govt focussing on growth of food processing to boost farmers' income: Tomar

Agriculture and Food Processing Minister Narendra Singh Tomar on Tuesday said the government is focusing on growth of the food processing sector as it has potential to boost farmers' income. The prosperity of agriculture and farmers is must for achieving the objective of Aatmanirbhar Bharat, Tomar said in an official statement. Inaugurating the student's residential complex and pilot food processing plants in IIFPT, he said the central government has identified food processing as a priority sector for the government and as one of the focus sectors in the Aatmanirbhar Bharat initiative. He said the Ministry of Food Processing Industries (MoFPI) is focussing on boosting the food processing industry so that the agriculture sector attains an exponential growth and majorly contributes towards doubling the farmers' income. Tomar laid the foundation stone for new infrastructure proposed to be created in the newly procured land through video conferencing. He inaugurated the students' ...

Fixing farm income is not so simple; govt must take the hard path

The debate must go beyond the binaries spun out by politicians who either condemn the new farm Bills or consider them the agricultural equivalent of the 1991 de-licensing of industry, writes T N Ninan

Modi hails MSP hike, says it will empower farmers and double their income

He also said it is his government's great privilege to work for the welfare of farmers

Why farmer income did not increase under your rule: BJP attacks Congress

BJP MP Bhupender Yadav on Sunday asked the party why the income of hard-working farmers was not increased when Congress was in power.

PM launches Rs 20,050-cr PMMSY to raise fisheries exports, farmer income

PM Modi launched the Rs 20,050 crore PMMSY in 21 states, including Bihar, that will help double fisheries exports, create more employment opportunities and boost income of farmers

Govt on track to doubling farmers' income by 2024: Agri Min official

Recent reforms, including three ordinances to provide barrier-free trading platforms to farmers, are aimed at addressing the post-production challenges and ensuring better returns to farmers, he said

Parliament: Why govt has no record on farmer income, who will own LIC

Finance Minister said that listing of LIC will give opportunity for retail investors to participate in the creation of wealth

How to double farmers' incomes

In a country as vast and diverse as India, it will require a variety of development approaches to bring the benefits of growth and prosperity to all agriculturalists

Long on ideas

Budget falls short on farm reforms execution

Govt says committed to achieving target of doubling farmers' income by 2022

In its first tenure, the government constituted a committee under Ashok Dalwai, then Additional Secretary in Agriculture Ministry, to prepare a report to achieve the goal.

Agriculture Q2 growth shows marginal recovery at 2.1%; farmer incomes dip

Most rabi crops, including wheat, mustard and chana, were selling at 10% to 37% below the MSP in the first few months after their harvest

UP aims to double cargo values to Rs 17,571 cr in maiden farm export policy

State to support paddy share cropping and contract farming, will also promote cluster farming of export oriented commodities

Indian agri-tech start-ups got $248-mn funding in 2019, says Nasscom

The report said there has been a 1.7-times increase in average farmer income in last decade

Impossible to double farmers' income in six years, says Abhijit Sen

Ex Plan panel member also says demonetisation took a huge toll on cultivators and labourers; favours loan waivers, is skeptical about cash support scheme

Doubling farmers' income: Key concerns

In the Indian context, the agricultural households derive income from four sources, viz., cultivation, livestock, non-farm business, and wages and salaries

Traditional means will not double farmer income: PM Narendra Modi

The PM said more agricultural credit and easier access to markets was needed to boost incomes