Govt making concerted efforts to double farmers' income by 2022

30 Jul 2018 Evaluate

Union Minister of State for Finance Shiv Pratap Shukla has said that the government is making concerted efforts to double the farmers' income by 2022. He also said that the government has also taken concrete steps as per the recommendations of the Swaminathan committee reports.

The minister has said that after coming to power, Prime Minister Narendra Modi had appealed to people from the downtrodden section of society to open bank accounts. He also said that this was ridiculed by the opposition parties. He noted that today, in those 36,000 Jandhan accounts, nearly Rs 87,000 crore have been deposited. He added that this has proved to be an important step in strengthening the economy.

On the Goods and Services Tax (GST) front, Shukla stated that in the future GST rate of some necessary products will be reviewed, and may be reduced.

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