Business Today – Online

Agriculture continues to be a dominating employment generating sector and contributes a significant proportion to the country’s GDP. Even in the unfortunate pandemic, the sector climbed new heights with record production of various food grains, exhibiting resilience and ensuring food security. Despite the success in terms of production that has ensured food security in the country, food inflation and volatility in prices continue to remain high causing inconvenience to consumers and uneven income for farmers. Besides pandemic wrecking substantial physical, social, economic and emotional havoc on all the stakeholders of the Indian agricultural system, locust infestation from East Africa to India, Natural calamities, and depleting natural resources only added to the sector’s woes.

Goodreturns – Online

The agriculture sector in India is going through hardships and the recent farmers’ movement has been of the most significant events in the sector. The union government has already stated that the 3 concerned agri laws will be revoked in the parliament. A large section of the Indian farmers alleged that the Agri laws could worsen the situation of the poor and marginal farmers. However, the farm sector also needs a thorough focus on certain fields like agri-tech, etc. The Indian farm sector is looking forward to the upcoming Union Budget, 2022-23, which will be presented by Nirmala Sitharaman, the Union Finance Minister, on February 1. Both 2020 and 2021 have been impressive for the agriculture ...