BATHINDA: The Punjab government would come up with an agriculture policy soon to ensure the welfare of farming community, said Punjab finance minister Manpreet Singh Badal.
“We will not restrict waiving the debt of small and marginal farmers up to Rs 2 lakh, but will go beyond that to support farmers in many ways through a new agriculture policy. Only waiving debt is not the complete solution,” he told TOI.
However, he did not give a timeframe for implementing the policy.
Badal said previous governments had been paying lip service to farmers, but no-one had ever thought of coming up with a welfare policy. “Now, the Captain Amarinder Singh government has decided to adopt a multi-pronged approach for the welfare of farmer…
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