Giving loan waiver to farmers not a permanent solution, says Naidu

Pune | Friday | 22nd June, 2018

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Pune: Vice-President M.

Venkaiah Naidu on Thursday called for more pro-farmer policies and pointed out that loan waiver to farmers was not a permanent solution as it affects the agriculture sector and hurts cultivators.Speaking at a symposium on agricultural policies in Pune, the Vice-President said that the main challenge was to make agriculture economically viable. The Vice-President also called for enhancing lab to land transfer of technologies and strengthening of marketing system for making agriculture economically sustainable. "Reliable, real-time information is the key...

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