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15/10/2020 11:08 am
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Enlist the various institutional reform programmes introduced by the government in the interest of farmers.
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15/10/2020 11:09 am
Abolition of zamindari.
Consolidation of smallholdings. Provision for crop insurance against drought, flood, cyclone, fire, and disease.
Establishment of Grameen banks, cooperative societies, Kissan Credit Card and Personal Accident Insurance Scheme, and banks for providing loan facilities to the farmers at lower rates of interest.
Announcement regarding Minimum support prices to ensure farmers did not suffer if the pres crashed due to bumper crops.
Subsidy on agricultural inputs and resources such as power and fertilisers.