“With soil health card, farmers will use right proportion of fertilizers which will help in increasing yield. Also increase in farm cresit target to Rs 8.5 lakh crore will reduce dependence on private lenders who charge very high interest rates from farmers. The allocation of Rs. 5,300 crores to support micro irrigation will result in additional area under irrigation from same amount of water.

The writer is MD, Dhanuka Agritech Ltd

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