Union Agriculture Minister Narendra Singh Tomar has said that the three progressive farm laws enacted by the parliament are important benchmarks of good governance in the country.<br />''<br />''Speaking at the launch of 196 better life farming centres which will be operating across 9 states, he said, reforms in Agriculture sector will aid transparency in the field and will put an end to Inspector Raj.<br />''<br />''Mr. Tomar said contract farming will benefit even the small farmers, who is now enabled to sell their produce at a pre-decided and fixed price.<br />''<br />''Agriculture Minister stated that the Centre is moving ahead at a fast pace to ensure development of farmers in the country.<br />''<br />''He said private investment is an important driving force required to boost any sector including agriculture.<br />''<br />''Mr. Tomar said, government earmarked a fund of Rs. one lakh crore for development of agri based infrastructure which will facilitate setting up of food processing units even in the remotest part of the country.<br />''<br />''Speaking about the Farmer Producer Organisations , FPOs , he said the centre has approved an outlay of Rs. 6,850  crore for setting up of 10 thousand FPOs in the country.<br />''<br />''<span style="color: #222222;">Mr. Tomar said the 196 better life farming centres launched in Uttar Pradesh, Madhya Pradesh, Maharashtra , Chattisgarh, Bihar, Jharkhand , Odisha , West Bengal and Karnataka will also work for the betterment of farmers alongwith the FPOs in these states.</span><br />