Noida: Farmer leader Rakesh Tikait expressed dissatisfaction over the budget and said that it will not benefit the farmers at the ground level. Tikait said, “They (the Center) may like this budget on paper, but it is not going to benefit the farmers on the ground. The companies that will teach organic farming to the farmers will benefit from this. The farmer leader further said that if the government wants the welfare of the farmers, then it should provide free electricity and water.
Rakesh Tikait made this demand from the government
Rakesh Tikait said that if the government wants to benefit the farmers, then the right price should be given for the crops. Farmers should be given free electricity and water. Cheap fertilizers should be given and GST on agricultural equipment should be reduced. Tikait also said that women involved in milk production are landless. There are no provisions for them. Milk prices also fell in a year. They are in the worst situation.
Rakesh Tikait asked this question to the government
Terming the budget as disappointing, Rakesh Tikait said, “What have you done for the workers working in factories? What have you done for health? Is there any plan for rural health?” On the government’s plan to promote natural farming, Tikait said, “Some company or NGO will come, take money, teach farmers natural farming and ask them to use cow dung manure. Farmers are already doing this.”
Bharatiya Kisan Sangh welcomed the budget
On the other hand, the Bharatiya Kisan Sangh, an organization of farmers associated with the Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh, has welcomed the Modi government’s budget and called it a budget that is agriculture and farmer friendly and gives priority to promoting natural farming and more productivity. All India General Secretary of the Bharatiya Kisan Sangh, Mohini Mohan Mishra, said that the Bharatiya Kisan Sangh welcomes this budget that is agriculture and farmer friendly and promotes the interests of the related sectors.
In this budget, the government has given priority to higher productivity of grains and natural farming. Along with this, it has been said that 32 new varieties of high-yielding horticultural crops will be given to the farmers according to the climate and 109 new varieties of high-yielding horticultural crops will be given to the farmers, which is a good step.
