Page 37 - Putting Farmers First

SELF-RELIANT FARMERS FOR
SELF-RELIANT INDIA
“Self-reliant farmers are essential for a self-reliant India.
But for so many years, agriculture and farmers in our
country were unnecessarily tied up with restrictive
rules and laws. All my farmer friends must have felt this
helplessness for so many years.

The farmer was not given the right to decide where he
could sell his crop or whether he could store his crop or
not. We have abolished such discriminatory laws. Now,
the government or the officials will not decide where
the farmers will sell the crops but the farmer himself will
decide.

Now, the farmer can sell his crop outside his state and
in any market. Now, you can connect directly with the
traders and companies who will give you good prices for
your produce and sell directly to them. The law which
prohibited the stocking of crops has also been amended
now.

Under the Aatmanirbhar Bharat package, announcement
of an investment of Rs 1 lakh crore has been made so that
cold storage can be constructed for the farmers to store
their produce and so that the farmers are directly able to
connect to the market. When the farmer is connected to
the market, he can sell his crops at higher prices.”
PM Modi at the launch of Garib Kalyan Rojgar Abhiyan,
20 June, 2020

INCOME SECURITY FOR FARMERS DUE TO
PARTNERSHIP WITH INDUSTRY
“Among the new reforms in one law under which the farmer
can now have a direct partnership with the industries. For
example, now the farmers can directly collaborate with the
manufacturers of chips and juice, marmalade and chutney
industries. This will give the farmer assured prices at the
time of sowing the crop, which will give him relief from the
fall in prices.”

PM Modi at the launch of Financing Facility under
Agriculture Infrastructure Fund, 09 August, 2020