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With back-to-back droughts hitting the agriculture output hard, Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Saturday called for steps to conserve water and asked farmers to focus on crop diversification and go for allied activities like dairy, poultry and food processing to boost their income.
Inaugurating a 3-day ‘Krishi Unnati Mela’, Modi said, since coming to power, his government has taken several initiatives for agriculture growth, including the introduction of a new insurance scheme and giving soil health cards to farmers, with a view to doubling their income by 2022.
(With PTI inputs)
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