The Prime Minister Kisan Samman Nidhi, far from being a samman, is an apaman for farmers. Frankly, it would have been all right if the government had made no declaration at all. After all, this was an interim Budget. I would have been happy if the government had simply supplied answers to some of the following questions:
How much has the farmers’ income increased in the first three years of the supposedly six-year mission to double the farmers income? Why has the government not declared the data on farmer suicides? How much procurement was done on the minimum support
How much has the farmers’ income increased in the first three years of the supposedly six-year mission to double the farmers income? Why has the government not declared the data on farmer suicides? How much procurement was done on the minimum support