Responding to a query whether the target fixed for the year 2022 can be achieved at the present annual growth, the minister said, The government has been pursuing the target of doubling farmers income. He said the implementation of various recommendations of the committee and comprehensive interventions of the gove
Govt pursuing target of doubling farmers income by 2022: Tomar
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In 2016, Prime Minister Narendra Modi-led government had set a highly ambitious target of doubling farmers incomes by 2022. An inter-ministerial committee on Doubling of Farmers Income was set up in April 2016 to recommend strategies to achieve this goal.
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Agriculture Minister Narendra Singh Tomar
NEW DELHI: The government has been pursuing the target of doubling farmers income by 2022 and several interventions taken are showing a positive impact , Agriculture Minister Narendra Singh Tomar told Parliament on Tuesday.
In 2016, Prime Minister Narendra Modi-led government had set a highly ambitious target of doubling farmers incomes by 2022. An inter-ministerial committee on Doubling of Farmers Income was set up in April 2016 to recommend strategies to achieve this goal.
Setting Aside 2013 Riots, Farmers Protest Reviving Jat-Muslim Political Alliance (Image by NewsClick)
The 2013 Muzaffarnagar riots led to the break-up of a crucial political alliance of Jats and Muslims forged by Chaudhary Charan Singh; the current farmers protest is uniting them again.
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Is aandolan men Hindustan hai; Hindustani bane raho; Hindu-Musalma mein mat batna (India is participating in this movement; continue to be an Indian; don’t fall into the trap of Hindu-Muslim divide),” Mahendra Singh Chaudhary, district president of the Bharatiya Kisan Union (BKU) in Uttar Pradesh’s Gautam Budha Nagar, asked the youth from the stage at the Ghazipur border protest amid thunderous applause from the huge crowd.
The government has been pursuing the target of doubling farmers income by 2022 and several interventions taken are showing a positive impact , Agriculture Minister Narendra Singh Tomar told Parliament on Tuesday. In 2016, Prime Minister Narendra Modi-led government had set a highly ambitious target of doubling farmers incomes by 2022. An inter-ministerial committee on Doubling of Farmers Income was set up in April 2016 to recommend strategies to achieve this goal. In a written reply to a question in the Lok Sabha, Tomar said the committee submitted its report in September 2018. After acceptance of the panel s recommendations, the government has set up an Empowered Body to review and monitor the progress.
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