Farmer Bodies

Centre launched a Rs 6,865-crore scheme in 2020 to form and promote 10,000 FPOs by 2024

This is the first government to award Rs 50,000 per hectare as crop compensation during crop damage universally to all farmers, and this is the highest among all states in the country, AAP said

The AIKSCC, which is a nationwide platform of more than 200 farmer organisations across the country, said the budget 2020 offers no boost to the rural sector.

The organisations demanded higher budgetary allocation for irrigation