Ahead of the upcoming budget, Finance Minister Arun Jaitley has said that the agriculture sector is the first and foremost priority of government because India’s GDP growth is not justifiable and equitable unless the benefits are clear and evident in the farm sector. Therefore, he underlined that government’s priority is to ensure the gains of economic growth also reach the farmers and the growth is visible even in the farm sector. The minister further stated that India is among the fastest growing economies in the world and the growth is benefiting people in different sectors.
Praising the contribution of farmers, Jaitley said that they have left no stone unturned to serve the nation and also said that they have worked hard to turn a food shortage country to a surplus now. Though, he observed that large portion of Indian population is dependent upon Agriculture sector. Adding further, he said that they see in some places the problem of falling prices because of higher production and noted that farmers are not getting the price for their produce. Therefore, he mentioned that the launch of options trading in guar seed on the commodity exchange NCDEX, is one of the major steps towards taking farmers out of this situation. He added that in the beginning, options trading may look like a small step but when its awareness increases in the coming days, it will provide huge benefit to the farmers.
According to the latest Central Statistics Office (CSO) data, the economic growth is expected to slow to a four-year low of 6.5 percent in 2017-18, the lowest under the Modi-led government, mainly due to poor performance of agriculture and manufacturing sectors. It has also pegged the expansion in activities like ‘agriculture, forestry and fishing’ to slow to 2.1 percent in the current fiscal from 4.9 percent in the preceding year.
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