Lucknow (Uttar Pradesh) [India], February 6 (ANI): Opposition parties are misleading farmers and are using them in their efforts to regain lost political ground , Uttar Pradesh Minister Sidharth Nath Singh said on Saturday. The farmers interests were given priority for the first time when the Modi Government took over in 2014. It has implemented the recommendation of Swaminathan Commission, he said.
Singh, who is Minister for MSME, Investment, Export, Textile, Khadi and Gram Udyog, said the farmers were getting the price of crops at one-and-a-half times the input costs. The procurement of seeds and fertilisers has also been made much easier for them unlike in the past when they had to wait in long queues, the minister said.
Opposition parties misleading farmers to regain lost political ground: Sidharth Nath Singh ANI | Updated: Feb 06, 2021 23:31 IST
Lucknow (Uttar Pradesh) [India], February 6 (ANI): Opposition parties are misleading farmers and are using them in their efforts to regain lost political ground , Uttar Pradesh Minister Sidharth Nath Singh said on Saturday. The farmers interests were given priority for the first time when the Modi Government took over in 2014. It has implemented the recommendation of Swaminathan Commission, he said.
Singh, who is Minister for MSME, Investment, Export, Textile, Khadi and Gram Udyog, said the farmers were getting the price of crops at one-and-a-half times the input costs.