The Hindu Business Line : Rs 6,000-cr State-wise relief package for farmers soon

The Government is finalising a Rs 6,000-core State-wise relief package to mitigate the sufferings of farmers and prevent them from committing suicide, said Mr M. V. Rajasekharan, Minister of State for Planning.

While speaking at the concluding day of the `Summit on Green Revolution II', organised by Assocham, the Minister said that the package would be announced immediately after the forthcoming meeting of the National Development Council scheduled for the next month under the Chairmanship of the Prime Minister, Dr Manmohan Singh.

Mr Rajasekharan said that the Government would also expedite the process of setting up one lakh e-choppals all over the country in consultation with all State Governments to integrate farmers with information and communication technologies to increase their produce.

Likewise, the Centre would also issue necessary instructions to promote and integrate sericulture with agriculture so that India's increased dependence on sericulture imports is curtailed to the optimum. In this connection, the Planning Commission would issue directives to the Central Silk Board so that necessary subsidies are given to promote sericulture in the country, said Mr Rajasekharan.

It would be the effort of the Government that agriculture receives the maximum focus and attention of policy makers during the 11th Plan period to ensure that it grows at the rate of four per cent and all the farmers become an integral part with food processing industries and also have stakes in it, said Mr Rajasekharan.

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