The Union Finance Minister Shri Arun Jaitley starts his Pre-Budget Consultations with stakeholders; Holds his First Pre-Budget Consultation Meeting with the representatives of different Agriculture Groups; Stresses on the need to conserve water, incentivize agro processing and promote balanced use of fertilizers in order to ensure higher agriculture productivity.

The Union Finance Minister Shri Arun Jaitley starts his Pre-Budget Consultations with stakeholders; Holds his First Pre-Budget Consultation Meeting with the representatives of different Agriculture Groups; Stresses on the need to conserve water, incentivize agro processing and promote balanced use of fertilizers in order to ensure higher agriculture productivity. https://www.taxtmi.com/news?id=19129 Consultations urged water conservation, expanded cold chains and agro processing, and promotion of high value agriculture to boost farm incomes; recommended immediate Price Deficiency Payment where procurement is infeasible, a nationwide debt relief package with state matching, expansion of low interest small loans with unique beneficiary identification, and migration of subsidies to Direct Benefit Transfer. Proposals also included an Agricultural Inputs Regulatory Authority, increased R&D funding, differentiated state level policies, mechanisation support, and transport and storage subventions for horticulture. en-us Tue, 05 Dec 2017 19:08:40 +0530 Wed, 06 Dec 2017 18:57:00 +0530 TaxTMI RSS Generator The Union Finance Minister Shri Arun Jaitley starts his Pre-Budget Consultations with stakeholders; Holds his First Pre-Budget Consultation Meeting with the representatives of different Agriculture Groups; Stresses on the need to conserve water, incentivize agro processing and promote balanced use of fertilizers in order to ensure higher agriculture productivity. https://www.taxtmi.com/news?id=19129 Consultations urged water conservation, expanded cold chains and agro processing, and promotion of high value agriculture to boost farm incomes; recommended immediate Price Deficiency Payment where procurement is infeasible, a nationwide debt relief package with state matching, expansion of low interest small loans with unique beneficiary identification, and migration of subsidies to Direct Benefit Transfer. Proposals also included an Agricultural Inputs Regulatory Authority, increased R&D funding, differentiated state level policies, mechanisation support, and transport and storage subventions for horticulture. News - Tue, 05 Dec 2017 19:08:40 +0530 https://www.taxtmi.com/news?id=19129