Empowerment of small farmers is central to the Govt's vision: PM New Delhi, Mar 1 (UNI) Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Monday said empowerment of small farmers is central to the Government's vision. Addressing a webinar on effective implementation of Budget provisions regarding Agriculture and Farmers' Welfare through video conference, Mr Modi outlined the vision of the government with small farmers in the center. He added that empowerment of these small farmers will greatly help in ridding Indian agriculture from many problems. He highlighted some of the provisions for Agriculture in this year's Union Budget like increasing the Agriculture Credit target to Rs 16,50,000 crore with priority to animal husbandry, dairy and fisheries sector, increasing rural infrastructure fund to Rs 40,000 crore, doubling the allocation for micro irrigation, expanding the scope of Operation Green Scheme to 22 perishable products and linking 1000 more mandis with e-NAM.