PM AASHA, a crop price support scheme, saw real spending only in the months around 2019 and 2024 Lok Sabha elections.
Shreegireesh Jalihal & Navya Asopa
NEW DELHI, May 8 (The CONNECT) – Narendra Modi became Prime Minister in 2014 after making a series of promises to people. One among them was farmers would get more than half the cost of production as profit. It sounded good.
Then came something better: In 2016, he promised to double farmers’ income in six years. Soon, “doubling farmers income” became the government’s common refrain.
To do that, his government launched a slew of schemes, and repackaged some existing ones.
One of these was PM AASHA or Pradhan Mantri Annadata Aay Sanrakshan Abhiyaan, a scheme meant to protect the income of millions of farmers who grow pulses and oilseeds across the country.
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Originally published by The Reporters’ Collective.
Then came something better: In 2016, he promised to double farmers’ income in six years. Soon, “doubling farmers income” became the government’s common refrain.
To do that, his government launched a slew of schemes, and repackaged some existing ones.
One of these was PM AASHA or Pradhan Mantri Annadata Aay Sanrakshan Abhiyaan, a scheme meant to protect the income of millions of farmers who grow pulses and oilseeds across the country.
For details click here.
Originally published by The Reporters’ Collective.
