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Centre looking to empower small farmers, assures PM Modi amid stir

Claims govt had so far done direct transfer of Rs 1 trn to farmers, of which Rs 25,000 crore had gone to cultivators in UP

Prime Minister Narendra Modi addresses during laying foundation stone of Raja Mahendra Pratap Singh State University in Aligarh
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Prime Minister Narendra Modi addresses during laying foundation stone of Raja Mahendra Pratap Singh State University in Aligarh

Virendra Singh Rawat Lucknow
Amid the farmers’ stir against the new central farm laws, Prime Minister Narendra Modi today asserted the Centre was working to empower small farmers, which numbered 80 per cent of the community.

Addressing a public meeting at Aligarh district of Uttar Pradesh, Modi asserted more than 80 per cent of the Indian farmers possessed land holdings of less than 2 hectares even as he observed that the domestic rural economy was now moving towards a transformation.

“The central government is looking to empower the small farmers through various schemes, such as hiking the minimum support price (MSP), Kisan

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