Govt to Ensure Fair Prices to Farmers: Modi
Deccan ChronicleNew Delhi: Highlighting the seriousness of the government towards providing the right price to the farmers for their produce, Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Saturday said that the government bought the farmers’ produce at an increased minimum support price and handed out more than Rs 15-lakh crores to the farmers during the last nine years. The government is making sure that every farmer in the country receives around Rs 50,000 every year in some way or the other," said Mr Modi while addressing the 17th Indian Cooperative Congress. Highlighting the farmer welfare approach of the government, Mr Modi informed about the recent package of Rs 3.7-lakh crores for the fertiliser sector as well as the increase in the fair and remunerative price for sugarcane farmers at Rs 315 per quintal. "The government is making sure that every farmer in the country receives around Rs 50,000 every year in some way or the other.