‘Doubling farm income govt’s priority’
Union home minister Amit Shah on Sunday said doubling farmers income was the biggest priority of the Narenda Modi government and that the three central farm laws would ensure manifold hike in their earnings.
Since coming to power, the Modi government had increased the budget for the farm sector and the minimum support price (MSP) for various crops, he said.
“I want to say that if there is any big priority of the Narendra Modi government it is to double the farmers income,” he said at an event in Kerakalmatti village in this district in Karnataka.
Amit Shah
Speaking after laying the foundation stone and inauguration of farmer-friendly projects of the MRN group, headed by newly inducted Karnataka minister Murugesh R Nirani, Shah listed out various initiatives of the central government for the welfare of the farmers.
Chief minister BS Yediyurappa-led BJP government in the state has not left any stone unturned to work for the welfare of farmers, Shah said. If there was any government that was in the forefront of implementing central schemes and programmes in the country, it was the government here, he added.
Questioning the Congress as to why it could not take up measures like ₹6,000 cash support per year for farmers and Pradhan Mantri Fasal Bima Yojana insurance scheme among others, he said, it was because the party’s intentions were not right.
“The Narendra Modi government is a government dedicated to farmers. Three new laws that the Modi government has brought in, which the Karnataka government has also passed... I want to congratulate Yediyurapp for it. Farmer’s income will increase multifold,” he said.
His remarks came amid an agitation by farmers on the borders of Delhi, demanding the repeal of the three laws.
On Sunday, JD(S) leader HD Kumaraswamy targeted Shah for an alleged “anti-Kannada” stance. “...the inscription plaque unveiled on the occasion to mark the foundation stone laying is in only Hindi and English. It clearly shows that Kannada has been ignored though the foundation stone that has been laid in Karnataka,” Kumaraswamy tweeted.