The Prime Minister said the country had undertaken key initiatives to free the country’s agriculture sector which will help to increase farmers’ income and also exports. We have brought laws to free the agriculture sector,” Modi said. He was broadly referring to far-reaching steps to unshackle the country’s farm sector. Now, we have removed these restrictions and given farmers the freedom to sell at the best price, and to who they want,” Modi said. The government’s 2017 ‘Doubling of Farmers’ Income’ report had called for greater liberalisation of the farm sector by “removing laws that force farmers to sell to local monopolies”.

Source: Hindustan Times August 15, 2020 03:38 UTC