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Stressing that shrinking farm sizes is a challenge, Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Sunday said there is a need to give maximum benefits of government schemes to small farmers who account for more than 80 per cent of the farming community.
India News: NEW DELHI: Stressing that shrinking farm sizes is a challenge, Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Sunday said there is a need to give maximum benefits of.
Asserting that his dream is to make small farmers the pride of the country, the Prime Minister said, "In the coming years, we will have to increase the collective power of the small farmers of the country. They have to be given new facilities."
Vibha Sharma
Tribune News Service
New Delhi, August 15
Making small farmers with less than two hectares of land the centrepiece of his Independence Day address, Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Sund