New Delhi, Oct 25 (IANS) Union Agriculture Minister Radha Mohan Singh on Thursday said that the government has reoriented the farm sector by focusing on an income-centric approach that stresses on achieving high productivity, reduced cost, and a remunerative crop price to double the farmers’ income. Addressing an event here,[Read More…]
Tag: Agriculture Minister
11,400 farmers committed suicide in 2016: Agriculture Minister Radha Mohan Singh
As many as 11,400 farmers committed suicide in 2016, said Union Agriculture Minister, Radha Mohan Singh. “According to National Crime Records Bureau data for 2016, which is yet to be published, 11,400 farmers committed suicide. In 2015, the number was 12,602,” he said in Lok Sabha on the agrarian crisis.[Read More…]