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Modi holds meeting, discuss agricultural reforms
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SME Times News Bureau | 02 May, 2020
Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Saturday held a meeting to deliberate on
the issues and reforms required in the agriculture sector.
At
the meeting, special emphasis was given on reforms in agricultural
marketing, management of marketable surplus, access of farmers to
institutional credit and freeing agriculture sector of various
restrictions with appropriate backing of statutes, the Agriculture
Ministry said in a statement.
Focus was given on making strategic
interventions in the existing marketing eco-system and bringing
appropriate reforms in the context of rapid agricultural development.
Concessional
credit flow to strengthen agriculture infrastructure, special Kisan
Credit Card saturation drive for PM-KISAN beneficiaries and facilitating
inter and intra-state trade of agricultural produce to ensure fairest
return to the farmers were some of the important areas covered.
Developing e-NAM into a platform of platforms to enable e-commerce was one of the important topics of discussion.
Discussion
also emanated on the possibilities of uniform statutory framework in
the country to facilitate new ways for farming, which will infuse
capital and technology into the agrarian economy.
The pros and
cons of bio-technological developments in crops or enhancement of
productivity and reduction in input costs was also deliberated upon. The
challenges of model land leasing act and how to protect the interest of
small and marginal farmers were discussed in detail.
The
meeting also deliberated how it is pertinent to make the Essential
Commodities Act compatible with the present times so that large scale
private investment in post-production agriculture infrastructure is
incentivised and also has a positive effect on the commodity derivative
markets.
Developing a �Brand India', creation of commodity
specific boards/councils and promotion of agri-clusters/contract farming
were some of the interventions that were deliberated upon to boost
agricultural commodity export.
The use of technology in the
agriculture sector is of paramount importance as it has the potential to
unlock the entire value chain for the benefit of the farmers. The Prime
Minister emphasised on the dissemination of technology till the last
mile and making the farmers more competitive in the global value chain.
It
was decided to further strengthen the role of FPOs to bring vibrancy in
agrarian economy, transparency in agriculture trade and ensure maximum
benefits to the farmers. Overall emphasis was given on revisiting the
existing laws governing the market for better price realisation and
freedom of choice to the farmers.
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