Question: Name the Person under whose chairmanship the government has set up a panel (Inter-ministerial Committee) to prepare a blueprint for doubling farmers’ income by 2022?
(a) S.S Mundra
(b) M.S Swaminathan
(c) Ashok Dalwai
(d) Sikha sharma
Ans (c)
Related facts:
- On 22 April 2016 the central government has set up a eight-member panel (Inter-ministerial Committee) headed by Ashok Dalwai, additional secretary at the Agriculture Ministry to suggest ways to double farm incomes by 2022.
- The other members will be officials from Agriculture and Food Ministries as well as experts from the Delhi-based National Council of Applied Economic Research and National Institute of Agricultural Economics and Policy Research.
- The government’s decision to set up the committee follows the Budget 2016-17 announcements that set a target of doubling farm incomes by 2022.
- The eight-member panel will identify potential areas of agriculture where more investment should happen and suggest ways to reduce the risk of farming by diversifying to horticulture and allied activities like livestock and fisheries to boost income.
- The committee would be to diversify risks in farming and chalk out ways in which integrated farming—food grains, horticulture and allied activities like livestock and fisheries—can boost farm incomes.
Reference:
http://agriexchange.apeda.gov.in/news/NewsSearch.aspx?newsid=22292
http://wap.business-standard.com/article/economy-policy/centre-sets-up-panel-to-prepare-roadmap-to-double-farm-income-116042200590_1.html
Dear Dalwaijee, Namaskar !
I am glad to know that you have been heading the committee to suggest to government on the policy matters to make Doubling Farmers Income by 2022.On this I have discussed in few local media and would like to post my brief remark/suggestion as follows:
1)First and foremost at least 15-20 % of the farmers or Agri workers will have to be shifted from Agriculture .This will be a gigantic task but it is possible.Most of them are already partly in other jobs,hence how to make those jobs give them full employment .That it self I think will increase the farmers income by 40-50%.
2)Land reform:Why should agricultural land be used as a matter of security or un productive property by people who have other secured source of income from various sources including government jobs?Government need to clearly identify who really are the farmers so that the Amitabh Bachan like farmers or the farmers solely for tax evasion shall not be considered as farmers.The real farmers have been deprived of many govt.schemes because of such fake farmers.
3)The State has the Major role to play and how to make the state government to whole heartedly implement the central schemes.In Odisha we have been witnessing very sad state of affairs in implementation of the central govt.agricultural schemes.Can the centre develope some effective mechanism to make the state machineries to act in amore responsible manner.Without this I think PMs agenda ,in state like Odisha will not make much head way.
4)It has to go with a MISSION MODE with leadership/ monitoring from the centre.I think we have a bit of more democracy,equally more buerocracy and also more federalism .With this even many of the Missions have not been able to make much headway in the past.Bearing this in mind centre must evolve some innovative strategy to achieve this agenda of the PM.
I think since you personally come from a farmers family and you have the vast experience of the functioning of our governance systema at various level we have a great hope on you and you shall be able to suggest the best policy changes in this regard.
Personally I am sure that if Farmers can be mobilised and reasonable support is provided even in the so called most un productive Tribal belts farmers income can be doubled in just three years and can be tripled in six years !We have many such examples.In this regard dedicated team of workers /cadres are to be created as there were the Agri Extension workers during the 60s.Also few voluntary organisations with proven commitments and skills may play a key role .
This much for now.Shall be grateful to get acknowledged of this mail if you have seen it.
Best Regards, Jagadish Pradhan ,Bhubaneswar .