Farmers’ well-being is a key issue in the Assembly elections in Karnataka and is likely to stay in focus as the 2019 Lok Sabha polls near. The National Democratic Alliance has taken several steps to appease this constituency: three signature schemes have absorbed a sizeable chunk of the agriculture ministry’s energies and budget since 2014-15.
They are: the electronic-National Agriculture Market (e-NaM), the Soil Health Card scheme and the Pradhan Mantri Fasal Bima Yojana (PMFBY). Unquestionably, all three initiatives have the potential to transform farm livelihoods. How ...
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First Published: Mon, May 07 2018. 20:36 IST
