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More agricultural credit, farmers' income to be doubled by 2022: Jaitley

2016-03-01 00:46:20| Agriculture - Topix.net

Union Finance Minister Arun Jaitley said on Monday that agriculture and farmers' welfare was a pillar of the government's agenda to transform India and it would strive to double income of farmers by 2022. Presenting the 2016-17 union budget, he said the target for agricultural credit in the coming fiscal will be an all-time high of Rs.9 lakh crore and an online procurement system will be undertaken through the Food Corporation of India, while laying stress on optimal utilisation of water resources, creating new infrastructure for irrigation, conserving soil fertility and connectivity from farm to markets.

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