Addressing a big gathering of farmers during a ‘Kisan Rally’ in Bareilly, Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Sunday said he dreams of seeing farmers’ incomes doubled by 2022, when the country completes 75 years of independence.
Modi also highlighted various initiatives undertaken by his government for farmers’ welfare.
Stating that while most of the governments wait for the election year to roll out welfare schemes and incentives for farmers, Modi said it was not the case with his National Democratic Alliance government.
“Farmers look towards governments after God and it is imperative on us to ensure that the farmers are looked after well,” the prime minister said.
“I exhort all state governments that they should work on the road map before them and I am sure that my dream and your dream will succeed,” he added.
Elaborating on his dream, Modi said that by 2022, when India completes 75 years of independence, the incomes of the farmers would be doubled. Modi said it was not a very difficult target.
Citing the example of Madhya Pradesh, a Bharatiya Janata Party-ruled state, he said that although it did not figure in the top five states of agriculture, there was now a complete turnaround in the agriculture sector.
The prime minister said he had not come here to criticise any government.
“But I want everyone to be on the same page on the issue of farmer welfare,” he said, in an apparent dig on the Akhilesh Yadav-led Samajwadi Party government in Uttar Pradesh.
The prime minister also described the service, manufacturing and agriculture sectors as the backbone of the Indian economy.
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