Agriculture and Farmers Welfare Minister Narendra Singh Tomar has said that if the small farmers will be empowered, it will boost India's GDP. Speaking at an event in New Delhi on Tuesday, Mr Tomar said, small farmers constitute 85 per cent of the farming community and they face the challenge of lack of private investment. He said, farming is the backbone of India's economy and the farm ecosystem is the main pillar of Indian economy.<br />'' <br />''<span style="color: #222222;">The Minister said, the Central Government has undertaken an ambitious programme of forming ten thousand Farmers Producers Organizations with an outlay of over six thousand 865 crore rupees to boost the economic capacity of the Small Farmers. He informed that two lakh 40 thousand crore rupees has been disbursed through PM Kisan Samman to over eleven crore farmers.</span><br />