India
pti-Madhuri Adnal
New Delhi, Feb 09: The government has been pursuing the target of doubling farmers’ income by 2022 and several interventions taken are showing a “positive impact”, Agriculture Minister Narendra Singh Tomar told Parliament on Tuesday.
In 2016, Prime Minister Narendra Modi-led government had set a highly ambitious target of doubling farmers incomes by 2022. An inter-ministerial committee on “Doubling of Farmers’ Income” was set up in April 2016 to recommend strategies to achieve this goal.
In a written reply to a question in the Lok Sabha, Tomar said the committee submitted its report in September 2018. After acceptance of the panel’s recommendations, the government has set up an ‘Empowered Body’ to review and monitor the progress.
Responding to a query whether the target fixed for the year 2022 can be achieved at the present annual growth, the minister said, “The government has…