Implement budgetary proposals fast for agri and rural development: Modi

Modi on Saturday called for an expeditious implementation of the budgetary proposals for agriculture and rural development, while stressing on the need to achieve self-sufficiency in pulses output.

- SANDIP DAS

PRIME MINISTER NARENDRA

Modi said that the government is working towards two big goals simultaneously — the development of the agriculture sector and the prosperity of villages.

For harnessing the potential of the agriculture sector, he said that the Budget has announced the PM Dhan Dhanya Krishi Yojana, focusing on the development of the 100 least productive agricultural districts.

"Efforts in recent years have increased the country's pulses production," Modi said at a post-Budget webinar on 'agriculture and rural prosperity', adding that, however, 20% of domestic consumption still relies on imports, necessitating an increase in pulses production.