Farmers are the Pride of our country. It is with these words that Prime Minister Narendra Modi while addressing a farmers rally in Bareilly had set a target of doubling rural incomes

And that is precisely what Finance Minister Arun Jaitley has worked towards in this year’s Union budget.

With a clear focus on agriculture after two years of drought, the budget has made allocations of 36,000 crore rupees to agriculture, with the goal of doubling agricultural incomes by 2022.

Agriculture Minister Radha Mohan Singh said that the budget has added a new dimension to the agricultural sector for progress and welfare of farmers and has proved that the Modi Government is a Government for villages, the poor and farmers.

Vo2. Arun Jaitley on Monday while presenting the budget allocated Rs. 15,000 crore rupees as waiver of interest on farm loans.

Rs 5,500 crore for the new crop insurance scheme and Rs 500 crore to provide incentives to produce pulses.

The Ministry of Rural Development alone has got an allocation of Rs 87,000 crore.

Terming Pradhan Mantri Gram Sadak Yojana as the most successful scheme of the Rural Development Ministry, Chaudhary Birender Singh said for the first time Rs.19,000 crore has been allocated for the infrastructure scheme which is more than double the allocation of the previous UPA government.

The entire face of rural India is set to change with the budget’s clear focus and direction on agriculture and Rural development.

A new impetus has been given to MGNREGA with the allocation increasing by over 3,800 crore rupees to Rs 38,500 crore.

Also under Skill India 1 crore rural youth will be trained and government will focus on spreading digital literacy.

While the Modi Government’s budget is a budget for development, that development will be through the development of villages first.