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will be made operational. Necessary steps will be taken to ensure that
cooperative institutions are run on professional and sound commercial
lines, while retaining their democratic character.
6) All States will be encouraged to bring their cooperative laws in
conformity with the Multi-State Cooperative Act passed by the Centre.
7) Full support will be provided for setting up cold storages, godowns,
grain banks, and fodder banks. Kisans keeping their produce in
accredited godowns/grain banks will be entitled to avail bank credit
with the introduction of Negotiable Warehouse Receipts.
8) The comprehensive crop insurance scheme and the newly launched
farm income insurance scheme will be more intensively and efficiently
implemented.
Technology, Training, and Extension Services
1) Launch of a national program to use bio-technology for evolving
plants that consume less water, are drought-resistant, contain more
nutrition, give higher yield, and are environmentally safe.
2) Resources for agricultural R&D will be trebled in the next five
years. Its focus on new yield-enhancing and cost-reducing agriculture
practices, new seeds, etc. To close the gap between "Lab to Land",
multiple kinds of partnerships will be established between the Indian
Council for Agricultural Research (ICAR), Krishi Vigyan Kendras,
agriculture universities, agri-business companies, and farmers'
organizations.
3) Agriculture extension and consultancy services will be made a thrust
area, with private sector participation. Necessary bank credit and
institutional support will be made available for the establishment of at
least one "Krishi Seva Kendra" in every village. The "Kisan Call
Centre" service (which uses a nationwide toll-free telephone number
1551) will be made operational nationwide and in all local languages.
Besides benefiting farmers, these agri-consultancy services will create
employment and income-enhancing opportunities for over five lakh
educated youth and local agriculture experts.
4) Opportunities for education and training in agriculture and allied
activities will be vastly expanded. Our aim will be to ensure that every
farmer undergoes some training or participates in some farm-education
program every year.
5) A comprehensive, countrywide program will be launched for the
technological improvement of farm machinery, implements, and tools.
Agricultural Markets
1) States will be given incentives to amend the Agricultural Produce
and Marketing Committee (APMC) Act and abolish mandi taxes. This
will enable farmers to access competitive markets, sell their produce
directly to processing industries and to consumers, thus realizing better
prices.
2) All the remaining restrictions on the free movement of agricultural
goods across any part of the country will be removed within one year.
The Essential Commodities Act will be revised.
3) A Rs. 1,000 crore Mandi Development Fund will be created to
support modernization of agriculture markets.
4) Commodity exchanges will be encouraged to reach futures trading
services to all farmers through smaller contract sizes and by covering a
wider range of crops. This will lessen the dependence on Minimum
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