Outlay for agriculture, allied sectors up 21%

Sushil Manav

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Tribune News Service

Chandigarh, March 12

With farmers agitating for over 100 days, Haryana CM Manohar Lal Khattar today allocated an outlay of Rs 6,110 crore for agriculture and economic wellbeing of farmers in the Budget, an increase of 20.9 per cent from the revised estimate of last year.

This includes Rs 2,998 crore for agriculture and farmers welfare, Rs 489 crore for horticulture, Rs 1,225 for animal husbandry and dairying, Rs 125 crore for fisheries and Rs 1,274 crore for cooperation.

Indebted to farmers

We are indebted to our farmers whose hard work has made Haryana the food bowl of the country. Agriculture is the mainstay of our economy. We are committed to doubling farmers’ income and ensuring their wellbeing — Manohar Lal Khattar, Chief Minister

“We are indebted to our farmers whose hard work has made Haryana the food bowl of the country. Agriculture is the mainstay of our economy. We are committed to doubling farmers’ income and ensuring their wellbeing. The state government is implementing a number of programmes,”

Announcing a new scheme “Har Khet, Swasth Khet” from this year to focus on soil health and facilitating cropping choices based on soil quality, Khattar described this as an effort to provide end-to-end solution to farming -– from soil health, crop choices, inputs, processing and marketing.