Union Minister for Agriculture and Farmers Welfare, Radha Mohan Singh said the initiatives taken under the leadership of Prime Minister, Narendra Modi for the welfare of farmers and the agriculture sector have started showing positive and encouraging results.
The commitment of the Modi government to the welfare of the farmers is resulting in qualitative improvement in the lives of farmers. Singh was speaking at a press conference in National Media Centre on the completion of three years of the Modi government.
In the last three years, the Modi government has created a new and transparent working style for the growth of the nation. Implementation of the farmers’ welfare scheme has been turned into a mission and innovative approaches are being adopted,the minister claimed.
Lambasting the UPA government, the budgetary allocation used to be less than needed, . In the year 2013-14, the allocation was Rs.30, 224 crore and the amount actually spent was Rs.25, 896 while in our time the Ministry is spending more than the budgetary allocation for the welfare of the farmers. For instance, in the year 2016-17, the budgetary allocation was Rs. 45,035 crores, but it was raised to Rs. 57,503 crore in the revised budget, the Minister noted.
Keeping the welfare of the agriculture sector and farmers in mind, the Modi government is increasing the budget every year For example, the total budget for the welfare of the agriculture sector during the UPA government’s four years – 2010-11 to 2013-14 – was Rs.1,04,337 crore, while the present government has allocated Rs.1,64,415 crore during the period of 2014-15 to 2017-18, which is 57.58 percent more.