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LATEST NEWS UPDATES | Union Budget 2021-22: What should be the priorities for agriculture? -Gurpreet Singh

Union Budget 2021-22: What should be the priorities for agriculture? -Gurpreet Singh

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published Published on Jan 27, 2021   modified Modified on Jan 29, 2021

-Down to Earth

Increasing budgetary allocations towards Rural Employment Guarantee Act is non-negotiable  

The agriculture sector has continued to serve as a lifeline at a time when the novel coronavirus disease (COVID-19) pandemic has hurt every economic activity in an unprecedented manner. It has not only ensured food supply but also provided livelihoods to daily-wage workers during the lockdown, providing the last resort for those rendered homeless.

The Union Budget 2021-2022 to be presented on February 1, should give special focus to the immediate as well as structural problems on the sector.

Addressing depressed demand

The prices of almost all crops and animal products crashed in the recent past due to distortions in the supply-chain as well as consumers’ inability to afford commodities, resulting in a decline in rural demand. So, providing more money to rural populations will lift up agriculture and allied sectors.

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Down to Earth, 27 January, 2021, https://www.downtoearth.org.in/blog/agriculture/union-budget-2021-22-what-should-be-the-priorities-for-agriculture--75215?fbclid=IwAR0Sk7gEBeVpxbg5frADTopsYdlQrJKreLrTw07Fi16tFD_D9BLS4FOtbec


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