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Government committed to welfare of farmers: Smriti Irani
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Last Updated: Feb 16, 2021, 06:59 PM IST
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Virtually inaugurating a workshop organised at ICAR-CRIJAF Institute at Barrackpore, West Bengal on Monday, Irani said the ICARE Initiative which started in 2015 with only about 60 MT certified jute seeds and 20,000 farmers got a remarkable leap in just one and half years and the certified jute seeds distribution increased to over 600 MT in 2017.
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New Delhi: The government is committed to the welfare of farmers and has increased the minimum support price for jute from Rs 2,400 in 2014-15 to Rs 4,225 in 2020-21, Union Minister Smriti Irani has said. The minister for textiles and women & child development called upon farmers to use certified seeds to increase their income and productivity, an official statement said.