In a pre-budget meeting with Finance Minister Arun Jaitley, the experts suggested timely implementation of the BJP's election manifesto promises to fix higher support prices. They also favoured a Kissan TV channel, an efficient procurement policy, priority for farm mechanisation and the linking of rivers.
'Four years into his tenure and Modi still has no idea what is wrong with the agriculture sector!'
'The farm bills will not bring in corporate zamindari'
'Farmers are like living corpses in India.'
