Minister of State for Finance Arjun Ram Meghwal along with Chairman,
NABARD Harsh Kumar Bhanwala, at a National Seminar on “Doubling of
Farmers’ Income by 2022’’, in New Delhi on Tuesday.
Need to prod States to achieve agri goals on missionary mode
New Delhi, July 12:
Doubling of farmers' Income by 2022 will be a difficult goal to realise
if States don't show enthusiasm on this front, a top NITI Aayog official
has said.
"Right now, most of the States do not seem to be showing proactive
interest in taking measures for doubling farmers' income", Ramesh Chand,
NITI Aayog Member said in the Capital on Tuesday.
He was addressing a national seminar on "Doubling of Farmers' Income by
2022" organised by NABARD in association with Agriculture Ministry and
NITI Aayog.
Chand urged Agriculture Ministry to "do something" so that States take
up the initiatives of the Centre in a "missionary" way. He noted that
most States are not serious about pursuing the goal of doubling of
farmers' income by 2022.
"There is need to sensitise, incentivise, persuade or even pressurize
States to adopt the measures initiated by the Centre on this front",
Chand said.
Some of the States are in fact "backtracking" on agricultural market reforms, he said.
Chand noted that the Centre was focused on several initiatives including
electronic national agricultural marketplace (eNAM) and also pushing of
land lease reforms.
"Centre can only create an enabling environment, but those initiatives have to be adopted by States", he added.
Speaking on the occasion, Agriculture Secretary S. K. Pattanaik said
that agriculture ministry was working with NSSO to compile State-wise
farmers’ income on an yearly basis.
Source: BusinessLine
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