PM Modi had announced Rs 20 lakh crore under the Aatm Nirbhar Bharat Package to deal with the situation arising out of the Corona tragedy. For the last three days, every detail related to this package is being given by the Union Finance Minister. In this series, announcements made by Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman in the last two days, it seems that the country is going to move towards a new agricultural revolution.
In the last two days, the Finance Minister has made several positive announcements regarding the agriculture sector. In this series, on Friday, She has announced one lakh crore rupees to improve agricultural infrastructure in the country. On Thursday, She announced a concessional loan of Rs 2 lakh crore for the agriculture sector.
What is special in these announcements?
- The government will provide benefits to the farmers under Operation Green for vegetable supply. In this, storage, packaging, branding of agricultural products will be done.
- Emphasis will be on herbal farming, for this the government has announced a plan of 4 thousand crores.
- To provide additional income to the farmers, the government has introduced a plan of Rs 500 crore for beekeeping. This will benefit 2 lakh beekeepers.
- Government will spend about 15 thousand crores to improve animal husbandry infrastructure.
- The government will give a discount of 2% on the loan interest taken under the dairy sector, which will benefit millions of farmers.
- In the area of fisheries, the government will provide huge financial assistance of 20 thousand crores.
- The government has also announced 64 thousand crores for crop insurance.
- In the field of food processing also, the government has announced to spend 10 thousand crore rupees.
- However, the Finance Minister has also said that more announcements are yet to be made related to the agriculture sector.
