The Hindu Business Line : Centre commits Rs 25,000 cr for farm strategies

TOWARDS FOOD SECURITY: The Prime Minister, Dr Manmohan Singh; the Minister for Agriculture, Mr Sharad Pawar; and the Finance Minister, Mr P. Chidambaram, at the 53rd meeting of the National Development Council in the Capital on Tuesday. — Ramesh Sharma

New Delhi May 29 The National Development Council (NDC) today proposed a slew of measures to pep up agricultural growth.

These include a new additional Central assistance commitment of Rs 25,000 crore over the next four years for State-specific farm strategies, a food security mission to augment production of wheat by 8 million tonnes (mt), rice by 10 mt and pulses by 2 mt and a signal to the States to come up with improved models of subsidy delivery.

Briefing newspersons the Planning Commission Deputy Chairman, Mr Montek Singh Ahluwalia, said the meeting, comprising both the Centre and the States, had resolved that farm development strategies must be reoriented to meet the needs of the farmers and endorsed the 4 per cent growth for the agricultural sector in the 11th Plan. Taking into account all the endowments and constraints, the States should have credible strategies for achieving the targeted goal.

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