<p style="margin: 0px; text-align: justify;"><span style="color: #222222;">Prime Minister Narendra Modi emphasized that various announcements have been made in this year's budget to promote the agricultural sector so that the nation becomes atmanirbhar' and the money used for imports can reach the farmers. He informed that the agricultural budget which was less than 25 thousand crores in 2014 has been increased to more than one  lakh 25 thousand crores today.</span></p>''<p style="margin: 0px; text-align: justify;"><br />''</p>''<p style="margin: 0px; text-align: justify;"><span style="color: #222222;">Addressing  the post budget webinar on Agriculture and Cooperatives on Friday, Mr Modi  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. . 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.  </span></p>''<p style="margin: 0px; text-align: justify;"><br />''</p>''<p style="margin: 0px; text-align: justify;"><span style="color: #222222;">Noting that India's agricultural sector remained distressed for a long time since independence, the Prime Minister pointed out the country's dependence on the outside world for our food security. He highlighted how India's farmers transformed the situation by not only making the nation  self-reliant  but also capable of exporting food grains.   The Prime Minister touched upon the PM Pranam Yojana and Gobardhan Yojana where the government is working towards promoting natural farming and reducing chemical-based farming</span></p>