According to Economist It's Time for a Separate Agri Budget. Home
According to S.N. Sugumar, secretary general of the Tamil Nadu Economic Association, a separate budget for agriculture like
the Railways would help improve the economy of the nation and the State. Both the Centre and the State should allot 25
percent of their budget allocation to agriculture sector.
Prof. Sugumar, who spoke on the side-lines of the conference on economic development of Tamil Nadu since the
1950s, regretted that the government was not giving enough attention to agriculture. Sugumar said “It is a
matter of survival. Agriculture provides food for all and is the mother of all sciences. Yet, there is no
allocation to this sector in the budget.”
Economists at the conference said simple measures in agriculture. Economists said on measures as like rainwater
harvesting, desilting of tanks and making stakeholders responsible for the resource in their villages would help
to restore yield and improve food production.
Source: http://www.thehindu.com/