Chandrababu Naidu govt sets a target of 25% growth in agriculture | Business Standard News

Chandrababu Naidu govt sets a target of 25% growth in agriculture | Business Standard News

My VIEW:

Though not explicitly
stated, this points to a much awaited shift of focus from tertiary to
primary  sector, if economic development
is to be sustainable in the Indian context. Andhra CM Chandrababu Naidu is
known for his correct understanding of development perspective and when he says
improving agricultural productivity can bring down the percentage of farmers
facing debt crisis (which is estimated at an alarming 91 in AP against the
national average of 51per cent), one can trust that further follow up to ensure
necessary linkages for which state government is responsible, if the credit
which is being provided by NABARD has to produce results other than increasing
farmers’ indebtedness, will be forthcoming.
The AP initiative is one
the nation should take note of and perhaps Centre will have to consider tapping
agricultural income as a source for taxation and using the proceeds as a
dedicated corpus for deployment to address problems including farmers’
indebtedness on an ongoing basis.


M G Warrier,
Thiruvananthapuram

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