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COVID-19 Crisis: To Help Farmers, Government Must Expand Ambit of PM Kisan Scheme -Gargi Parsai

-TheWire.in

Unlike other sectors, a large majority of the farming community do not have any savings to fall back upon.

The COVID-19 pandemic has not only hit manufacturing, services and business but also pushed back the Narendra Modi government’s ambitious programme to double farmers’ income by 2022. From feeding a population displaced, dislocated and frozen in its tracks, to ensuring farmers stay afloat in the coming months, the government has a tough job on its hands to which it will have to respond quickly and generously. Farmers are in deep distress after the lockdown caused disruptions in the food supply chain, scarcity of labour and resulted in a decline in demand.

People in all walks of life are stressed due to the coronavirus pandemic, but unlike in other sectors, a large majority of the farming community, including farm labour, tenant farmers and women farmers, do not have any savings to fall back upon. They deserve top priority attention.

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