Agricultural policy needs to focus on small and marginal farmers: President Ram Nath Kovind
Addressing the Parliament ahead of the Budget session, President Ram Nath Kovind said the Centre prioritises both small and marginal farmers while highlighting the measures taken to support them.
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President
Ram Nath Kovind on Friday said the need of the hour in the Indian agriculture sector is to focus on
10 crore small and marginal farmers, who comprise over 80 percent of the total farmers in the country.
Addressing a joint sitting of the two houses of Parliament, the President said the government accords priority to these small and marginal farmers, too, while highlighting the measures taken to support these farmers.
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UPDATED: December 18, 2020 15:47 IST
In FY20, agriculture s share of the country s Gross Domestic Product (GDP) was just 14.65 per cent. (Representational Image: PTI)
The current stand-off with farmers and the frequent farmers agitations in the past few years reflect an ad-hoc approach to policymaking for such a critical sector that provides jobs to more than 40% of India s total workforce and sustains nearly 70% of its rural population but generates very little income.
December 14, 2020
There was no end in sight to the deadlock between the agitating farmers, demanding repeal of the three contentious agriculture laws and the centre, which was not ready to roll them back.
The peasants threatened to intensify their two-week-old agitation across the country after several rounds of negotiations with the centre failed to produce a positive outcome.
The farmers rejected a proposal to make some amendments in the three agri-laws to address the concerns expressed by the peasants saying only a withdrawal would pacify them.
By end of November, thousands of farmers from various states laid siege of the national capital in biting cold to push their demand saying the three controversial agriculture laws were anti-peasant and pro-corporate.