New Delhi: Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Saturday spoke of the “untapped potential” of the farm sector while marking out areas for improvement to push the country out of the economic slump. Addressing the sixth governing council meeting of NitiAayog, he said, “Even today, despite being called an agricultural country, we bring 65,000-70,000 crores of edible oil from outside”. The country, he added, should stop this. “The money can go to our farmers’ account. Our farmers are entitled to this money, but for this we have to make our plans that way,” the Prime Minister added.
Interestingly, the meeting which was held amid the ongoing farmers’ protest, did not deliberate on the controversial farm laws, sources informed this newspaper.
Agriculture minister Narendra Tomar had been asked by the Prime Minister to attend the meeting, as agriculture was among the main subjects of the meeting.
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