PM Modi has increased budgetary allocation in agri sector by 6 times in 6 years: Piyush Goyal
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PM Modi has increased budgetary allocation in agri sector by 6 times in 6 years: Piyush Goyal
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MEERUT: Outlining achievements of Modi government, Union minister for railways Piyush Goyal while addressing a gathering in UP's Hapur on Friday claimed the budgetary allocation in the agriculture sector has increased by six times. “As compared to the budget allocated in the agriculture sector in 2013-14, Prime Minister Narendra Modi has increased it six times in six years. In the ongoing financial year, a total of Rs 1.34 lakh crore has been allocated in the agriculture sector,” Goyal said. “Till now, Rs 1 lakh crore has been directly credited into accounts of farmers and today another installment of more than Rs 18,000 crore will be transferred into their accounts. A total of Rs 1.25 lakh crore has been disbursed through PM Kisan Yojna,” he said. The Union minister was speaking at a function held in a school in the district to celebrate Good Governance Day which commemorates the birth anniversary of former Prime Minister Atal Bihari Vajpayee. Senior ministers and party leaders addressing farmer meets across the country are a part of the massive outreach program in the backdrop of ongoing agitation by farmers’ unions against the controversial farm laws. Defending the controversial farm laws, Goyal said, “The (farm) laws will help farmers in freeing them from old shackles. We want them to have a free hand and another option to ensure the right price for their produce.”
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The Times of India
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2020-12-26
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Meerut