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Agriculture plays a vital role in the country’s economy and giving the importance to agriculture sector, the Government has substantially enhanced the budget allocation for the agriculture sector from Rs. 21,933.50 crore in BE 2013-14 to Rs. 1,23,017.57 crore in BE 2021-22.

The Government seeks to bestow on the agriculture sector as many benefits as available to those in the manufacturing sector, such as, easy availability of credit and other inputs and infrastructure facilities for development of agriculture sector including marketing and post harvest management.

Further, Government has launched Pradhan Mantri Kisan Samman Nidhi (PM-KISAN) for income support to farmers and ‘Pradhan Mantri Fasal Bima Yajana’ for crop insurance covering the risks and uncertainties that the farm sector is exposed to. A list of various initiatives taken by the  Government given below. All the steps of the Government of India are for the welfare of the farmers of the country.

List of various interventions and schemes launched for the benefit of farmers:

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

This information was given by Union Minister of Agriculture and Farmers Welfare Shri Narendra Singh Tomar in a written reply in Rajya Sabha today.

 

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Agriculture plays a vital role in the country’s economy and giving the importance to agriculture sector, the Government has substantially enhanced the budget allocation for the agriculture sector from Rs. 21,933.50 crore in BE 2013-14 to Rs. 1,23,017.57 crore in BE 2021-22.

The Government seeks to bestow on the agriculture sector as many benefits as available to those in the manufacturing sector, such as, easy availability of credit and other inputs and infrastructure facilities for development of agriculture sector including marketing and post harvest management.

Further, Government has launched Pradhan Mantri Kisan Samman Nidhi (PM-KISAN) for income support to farmers and ‘Pradhan Mantri Fasal Bima Yajana’ for crop insurance covering the risks and uncertainties that the farm sector is exposed to. A list of various initiatives taken by the  Government given below. All the steps of the Government of India are for the welfare of the farmers of the country.

List of various interventions and schemes launched for the benefit of farmers:

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

This information was given by Union Minister of Agriculture and Farmers Welfare Shri Narendra Singh Tomar in a written reply in Rajya Sabha today.

 

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APS/IA/JK

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