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5) India as the global tourism destination.
6) India as the global healthcare destination.
7) India as the global higher education destination.
Agriculture
The NDA Government gives highest priority to agriculture, since it is
the mainstay of India's overall development. Our main objectives are:
1) Bring vibrancy to the rural economy.
2) Make agriculture remunerative even to small and marginal farmers
by doubling the income of kisans by 2010, reducing the cost of
cultivation, enhancing yields, and increasing prices receivable by
farmers. We have, for the first time since Independence, set up a
National Kisan Commission to address these imperatives.
3) Double the rate of growth of public and private investment in
agriculture.
4) Make India's eastern States, which have fertile land and plenty of
water, a new food basket of India.
5) Increase the access of our farmers to markets, to competitive
sources of finance, and to knowledge that allows them to compete in a
global economy.
6) Increase value addition and reduce wastage at every stage in the
food chain linking the kisan to the consumer, so that both benefit.
7) Make India the "Food Factory" of the world by producing high
quality processed foods for global markets.
For achieving these objectives, the Prime Minister will formally launch
the Second Green Revolution on August 15, 2004. Since
agriculture is a state subject, the NDA will make efforts to secure the
participation of States in implementing the following tasks under the
Second Green Revolution, which will lead to an "Ever Green"
Revolution.
Land, Water, and Power
1) Work will commence on the River-Linking Project, whose principal
beneficiaries will be our farmers in water-scarce areas.
2) Completion of all the ongoing irrigation projects (major, medium,
and minor) within five years to create irrigation for an additional 35
million hectares of land.
3) A Master Plan for ground water recharge will be implemented
throughout the nation.
4) Mandatory community participation in planning, execution, and
maintenance of irrigation projects through mechanisms such as Water
Users' Associations.
5) Every district will draw up a comprehensive water management and
soil enrichment strategy.
6) A campaign will be launched to encourage drip irrigation, sprinkler
irrigation and greenhouse technology. Land under these water-efficient
systems will be increased five-fold in five years. Our slogan for this
campaign would be "More Crop per Drop".
7) A National Mission for Rainfed Agriculture will be launched to
benefit two-thirds of India's cropped area, and 80% of small and
marginal farmers who are dependent on rains. It will focus on the
watershed approach, use of better seeds, dissemination of relevant
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