Prime Minister Narendra Modi has said that the prosperity of farmers is essential for the balanced development of the nation and the dream of new India can not be achieved without it. <br/><br/>Addressing the Golden jubilee celebrations of Bhartiya Agro Industries Foundation in Pune through video conferencing, Mr Modi said the farmers, who are the Anna Data of the nation, should be free from worries and the government is working to double their income by 2022. <br/><br/>He said the production centric and income centric approaches have been adopted in agriculture sachems to achieve the goal . <br/><br/>The Prime Minister said the centre is promoting organic farming and crop diversification for the betterment of farmers. <br/><br/>Mr. Modi said the government is constantly working to reduce the input cost of agriculture to ease the burden of farmers. He said, the country has seen the green and white revolutions and time has come for the blue revolution for fishermen and sweet revolution for enhancing honey production. <br/><br/>Emphasizing the need for women empowerment, the Prime Minister said the women self help groups should get quality training in research and veterinary education as it will benefit the animal husbandry sector. Mr. Modi stressed the need for organizing more animal health fares as the country is facing a loss of around 40 thousand crore rupees every year due to animal diseases. <br/><br/> Mr. Modi also stressed on water conservation saying along with 'Jan Andolan', 'Jal Andolan' can help the country. <br/><br/>He also called for reforms in village saying there is a need of unity among the people in this regard.

Prime Minister Narendra Modi has said the prosperity of farmers is essential for the development of the nation. <br/><br/>Addressing the Bhartiya Agro Industries Foundation's Golden jubilee celebrations Pune, via video conferencing, Mr. Modi said the Anna Datas of the nation should be free from worries. <br/><br/>He said, the country has seen the green and white revolutions and time has come for the blue revolution for fishermen and sweet revolution for more honey production. <br/><br/>Emphasizing the need for women empowerment, the Prime Minister said the women self help groups should get quality training in research and veterinary education as it will benefit the animal husbandry sector. <br/><br/>Mr. Modi also stressed the need for water conservation saying along with 'Jan Andolan', 'Jal Andolan' can help the country for the future.