Agriculture Minister Randhir Singh said on Tuesday that the Government is committed to double farmers’ income by 2022 and the State Government has launched several welfare schemes for farmers to realize the dream of Prime Minister Narendra Modi. Out of 28 maketing boards, 19 have been connected with e-NAM the small businesses and markets will also be connected with e-trading so that the small traders also get information of markets, he said during a workshop on National Agriculture Marketing here on Tuesday.
The Minister said that the agricultural production sector is being connected across the country with a single market and a national agricultural market is being developed. “For this purpose Internet based business portal has been developed and being made available to all the markets of the country. Besides, financial help is also being provided infrastructure development and training of workers and traders of Agro Production Board,” he said.
“The marketing boards of Jharkhand will also be strengthened. The State Government will provide budget support to strengthen the economic condition of the boards so that those can work for the interests of the farmers. The government is putting all efforts to provide a good market for the farmers,” he added.
The Minister said that the National Agricultural Market has been developed in such a way that all sectors connected with it get the benefits. Farmers with be hugely benefitted with the process and local farmers and traders will get opportunity to sell their produce in national markets on better prices. Similarly, traders will be able to purchase goods on competitive prices across the country.