Traditional means will not double farmer income: PM Narendra Modi

The PM said more agricultural credit and easier access to markets was needed to boost incomes

A doubling of farmers’ income, a stated aim of the central government by 2022, will not happen through old practises, said Prime Minister Narendra Modi.

He told a national meet on the issue that his administration was willing to consider any needed changes in laws or rules, without specifying any. 

Panelists, in their presentations while he was there, wanted reviews of the Fertiliser Control Act, Seed Control Act and Pesticide Act. And, to bringing the Constitutional head of ‘agriculture marketing’ into the Concurrent list of subjects, from the State list. The change would mean the Centre could also propose laws on the