Mumbai: Amidst demands of farm loan waiver in Maharashtra, the State government has announced ‘Advanced Farming – Enriched Farmer’ scheme, with an aim to increase farmers’ income by cutting production cost and increasing the output. According to a government resolution published last week, each tehsil, under the scheme, will be given a production target for crops. The Opposition has been aggressively demanding farm loan waiver since the beginning of the Budget Session of the State Assembly in March. He has also said the State government would invest more in agriculture rather than announcing a loan waiver. State Finance Minister Sudhir Mungantiwar, in his Budget speech last month, had also said that the government aims to double farmers’ income by 2022.

Source: The Hindu April 16, 2017 18:39 UTC