Doubling farmers income

Aim to double farmer's income by 2022: Prime Minister Narendra Modi

Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Wednesday said that the central government is working towards doubling farmers' income by 2022. To attain this, the government has doubled the budget for agriculture to Rs 2.12 lakh crore, he added.

Jun 20, 2018, 11:20 AM IST

Save water, diversify crops, take up allied jobs: PM Narendra Modi to farmers

 With back-to-back droughts hitting the agriculture output hard, Prime Minister Narendra Modi today called for steps to conserve water and asked farmers to focus on crop diversification and go for allied activities like dairy, poultry and food processing to boost their income. 

Mar 19, 2016, 19:38 PM IST