Reaction quote on FM Nirmala Sitharaman’s 3rd Aatma Nirbhar India economic package announcement : Agriculture Sector

Mr. Amith Agarwal, Co-Founder & CEO, AgriBazaar (India’s largest AgriTech Marketplace) shares, “I wish to congratulate Hon’ble PM Mr Modi and FM Smt. Sitharaman on today’s announcement of Rs 1 lac crore Agri-infrastructure Fund for farm-gate infrastructure. This measure will significantly contribute towards mitigating post-harvest losses and wastage by giving a fillip to scientific storage facilities and also, help the small farmers earn additional income by way of value-added agri-produce. The long-term investments will help India build quality, world-class agri-assets and infrastructure that will benefit small farmers in the long time.The focus on aggregation points will help young Indian start-ups, private players and agri-preneurs to build digital and agri-tech driven platforms and solutions so that the small farmer can sell his produce with minimum hassle and maximum profits. Alongside farmgate infrastructure, which will be the hardware, aggregators will provide the software to drive efficiency both in terms of price and wastage losses.I envision a ‘Farm In India’ economy alongside a ‘Made in India’ economy in the coming years due to the government’s visionary and bold move. In the immediate term, it will provide an impetus for the agri-sector to come out of the COVID19 shock while in the long run it will secure India’s food security and supply chain in a self-sufficient manner. Today, is a great day for the India small farm-owner“