The Government on Friday admitted in Rajya Sabha that doubling of farm income by 2022 was not possible with the current rate of growth in the agriculture sector, and said it was trying to promote allied sectors to achieve the target.
During the Question Hour, SP member Ram Gopal Yadav said going by the present growth rate of 4 per cent in the agriculture sector, it was not possible to double the farmers income by 2022. Replying to supplementaries, Minister of State for Agriculture Purshottam Rupala said, “We agree with Ram Gopal ji’s query that it was not possible to double farm incomes with the current growth rate in agri sector.”
He said the raising of farm income was not possible with growth in only one sector, but the government was making efforts to promote allied sectors of agriculture and that will aid in helping double the farm income.
Rupala also informed the house that the government was making efforts to increase the clusters under organic farming and was giving them various incentives.
“We are running 20 centres for promotion of organic farming.... We have set a target of setting up 1 lakh clusters of organic farming in this Plan,” he said.