Agriculture Ministry Radha Mohan Singh today said government is making all efforts to double farmer incomes in the next five years. The Minister said this in a live interview on MyGovIndia, the citizen engagement platform of government of India in New Delhi today.<br/><br/>He said that nothing substantial was done for the farmers so far but NDA government has changed the perception and is working with great commitment towards farmers welfare.<br/><br/>Mr Singh said Centre has increased the budget from Rs 15,809 crore in 2015-16 to Rs 35,984 crore for agriculture and farmers welfare in the current fiscal year. He informed that 500 crore rupees has been provided for the development of pulses and 850 crore rupees has been provided for increasing milk production. <br/><br/>Replying to a query, the Minister said that Soil Health Cards have been issued to two crore farmers so far. Mr Singh said that 146 lakh samples are to be collected in the current fiscal year from which 8.07 crore cards will be prepared.