Former Prime Minister Deve Gowda Monday stated the Centre’s announcement for the agriculture sector within the Budget have let down folks, saying the “reduced” allocation for Minimum Support Price (MSP) will “adversely impact” meals manufacturing and earnings of farmers.
Speaking in Rajya Sabha, Deve Gowda stated he doesn’t take sides, however the authorities’s allocation for the agriculture sector has “disappointed” all those that have been anticipating an elevated outlay. The outlay has come down to three.84 per cent towards 3.92 per cent for 2021-22, he stated.
He additionally stated that the Budget didn’t have any roadmap to supply on the federal government’s plan to double the earnings of farmers by 2022.
“Instead of increasing subsidies for food and petroleum products, subsidies have been decreased which will impact the cost of cultivation and decrease the profit margin of farmers. The budget allocated for MSP has been reduced instead of increasing…This will adversely impact food production as well as income of farmers,” Deve Gowda stated. He stated the proposal to make use of drones for spraying chemical compounds was “totally inappropriate” within the Indian context since over 88 per cent farmers fall within the small and marginal class.
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With inputs from TheIndianEXPRESS
