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Back to EpisodesModi-government’s income support scheme for farmers – PM-Kisan is permanent, says T Nandakumar, former agriculture secretary
Published 2 years, 5 months ago
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India faced one of its biggest farmers’ protest during the NDA government under Prime Minister Narendra Modi which ended after a year with the withdrawal of three controversial farm laws. However, the narrative in the last 10 years changed towards farmers’ income from production-centric in the previous decade. Former agriculture and food secretary T Nandakumar in conversation with Prabhudatta Mishra spoke about the changes in policy initiatives to reflect the growing needs of farmers for better income.