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irrigation productions, modernize the infrastructure in dairy cooperatives, and strengthen the adoption
of inland and marine aquaculture.
Above all, the recent announcement of a remunerative price based essentially on the
recommendation of NCF is a very important step to ensure the economic viability of farming. To
underline, government has ensured in its notification that from kharif 2018 onwards MSP of the
notified crops would be minimum of 150% of the cost of production; it ranges from 150-200% for
coarse cereals.
As for farmers’ agitations still continuing, a major demand is the waving of loans and the
implementation of the NCF recommendations on MSP. Both these problems are now receiving
attention and appropriate action.
These are only some of the steps being taken to realize the concept of Jai Kisan. If all the above
schemes are implemented effectively by the state and central governments, the future of farming and
farmers can be shaped to also help India become a leader in both food and nutrition security. In
addition, the Prime Minister has launched a National Nutrition Mission with a three-year budget of Rs
9,000 crore. His emphasis on agriculture as the prime industry of rural India urges doing everything
possible to make agriculture both a source of income and the pride of our nation.
Ramesh Kumar P