24-Feb; Prime Minister Narendra Modi has said that the goal of complete development cannot be achieved until the challenges related to the agriculture sector are eliminated. The Prime Minister observed that private innovation and investment are keeping a distance from this sector which leads to low participation of India’s youth in the agricultural sector compared to the other sectors.Addressing the post budget webinar on Agriculture and Cooperatives on Friday, Modi highlighted that various announcements have been made in this year’s budget to fill this lacuna. He urged the youth to work towards delivering the right advice at the right time while creating a bridge of information between the government and the farmer about their innovations and also assisting in policy making. The Prime Minister also touched upon using drones for crop approximation while providing real-time information about weather changes. Prime Minister Modi highlighted the importance given to the agricultural sector in the Union Budget 2023-24 as well as budgets of the past 8 to 9 years. He informed that the agricultural budget which was less than 25,000 crores in 2014 has been increased to more than one lakh 25,000 crores today. He added that every budget in recent years has been called a budget for Gaon, Gareeb and Kisan.
