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Agri exports to get $60 bn push by 2022edit
With its ambitious agriculture export policy, a first-of-its-kind in the country that received the Cabinet nod the other day, the Centre aims to boost agriculture exports to $60 billion by 2022 and do away with arbitrary curbs on exports. “We exported agricultural products worth $37 billion during the last fiscal and are confident of doubling the same, with the new export policy set in place,” said Suresh Prabhu, Union Minister for Commerce and Industries.
‘Organic farming the way forward to ensure health security’edit
Governor of Andhra Pradesh and Telangana E S L Narasimhan Sunday said it is necessary for the agricultural scientists to ensure that the food that is available is pure and healthy. He said organic farming is the way forward to ensure this.
Niti Member says farm loan waivers benefit only a section of farmersedit
Amid growing demands for farm loan waivers, Niti Aayog Member and agriculture policy expert Ramesh Chand said he is not in favour of debt waivers as this help only a small fraction of farmers. The country recently witnessed agitations by farmers in key farm states in support of their demands ranging from farm loan waiver to clearing of dues by sugar mills and higher prices for crops.