In 2016, the BJP-led government set itself the target to double farmers’ incomes by 2022. Three such schemes accounted for 82% of central budgetary allocations to the ministry of agriculture and farmers' welfare in 2021-22, against 18% in 2018-19: cash transfer scheme PM-KISAN, PMFBY, a crop and yield insurance scheme, and interest subsidies on short-term credit to farmers. Income Boost …
