Budget fails to enthuse farmers
February 02, 2021
Funds for agri, PM-KISAN, NREGA pruned: Unions
The Budget has failed to impress the farming community. Leaders of several farmers’ unions have said that the budgetary allocations for agriculture has been cut down and no sincere effort was made to address the crises that the primary sector is facing.
Besides, the allocations for the financial assistance scheme PM-KISAN and job guarantee scheme NREGA have also been cut, they alleged.
“The Union Budget 2021-22 has proved the farmers’ apprehensions right – that this government is on a path of withdrawing support to agriculture, not strengthening it,” the unions said.