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Union govt aiming for top world agro ranking: Tomar.
Jan 05, 2022

Union agriculture minister Narendra Singh Tomar on Tuesday said that giving boost to agriculture is the Union government‘s top priority, while chief minister Pramod Sawant assured farmers of installing food processing units at every taluka.
 
Speaking after inaugurating Krishi Mahotsav 2022, a district level agricultural festival organised by the directorate of agriculture at sports complex, Borimoll Quepem on Tuesday, Tomar outlined the steps taken by Prime Minister Narendra Modi to aim for the top world ranking in agriculture. Currently, India ranks 10th in the world in agriculture industry, he said.
 
Tomar said that under the Centre, the state government and farmers are working unitedly to boost and stengthen agriculture. He said agriculture’s contribution in the GDP is remarkable, but this needs to be boosted further. The country should not be dependent on imports to make the agriculture sector self-sufficient, he said.
 
'The Union government has increased the loan budgeted for farmers from Rs 6 crore to Rs 16 crore. Even though the country is in the Covid pandemic, our government managed to issue Kisan Credit Cards to over 2.4 lakh farmers,' he added
Chief minister Pramod Sawant assured the large number of farmers who were present that the government will install food processing units in every taluka to encourage farmers to sell their daily products, and the government will buy their products at higher than usual rates.
 
Agriculture minister Chandrakant Kavalekar said that many people from Salcete who abandoned farming and agriculture long ago due to various reasons are returning to farming only due to the number of schemes launched by the government.
    
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