Keeping the farmer movement in mind, it was expected that in this budget special attention could be paid to farming and farming, and the money received in the PM Kisan Samman Nidhi Scheme could be increased, but this did not happen. Under the PM Kisan Samman Nidhi scheme, 11 crore 52 lakh farmers get Rs 6,000 every year now and it was expected that it could increase by Rs 3,000. But this did not happen. Many experts were also assuming that the Modi government could take this decision in view of the farmer movement, but nothing like this was seen in the speeches of Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman.
However, Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman informed about the further increase in the Agricultural Credit Target (Agricultural Credit Target) for the agricultural sector. He also said that his government is committed to work for the betterment of farmers. Said that a target has been set to provide more agricultural credit to farmers in 2021-22. This target is Rs 16.5 lakh crore, as compared to Rs 15 lakh crore last time.
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Government committed to the welfare of farmers
The Finance Minister said in his speech that our government is committed to the welfare of farmers. At least 1.5 times the MSP of production cost is being given on all crops. He said, “We have given 75 thousand crores more to the farmers. Payments to farmers have also been accelerated. ”He said that 75,060 farmers have been paid for wheat and 10,503 crores for pulses. The payment amount of paddy is estimated to be 1,72,752 crores. In addition, the government will include 22 more products in the export of agricultural products.
