Budget 2022 only web of words, no plan for capital investment in agriculture: Rakesh Tikait
India Today
Farmer leader Rakesh Tikait alleged that the budget only carried words like “Amrit Mahotsav”, “Gatishakti”, “E-Vidha” without meaning much.
Farmer leader Rakesh Tikait on Tuesday termed the budget 2022-23 a mere webs of words saying it lacked any vision for capital investment in agriculture.
He alleged that the budget only carried words like “Amrit Mahotsav”, “Gatishakti”, “E-Vidha” without meaning much.
The national spokesperson of the Bharatiya Kisan Union (BKU) said the budget would not help the poor, villagers, or farmers but only the corporate.
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The BKU, which is part of the Samyukta Kisan Morcha (SKM) that spearheaded the year-long protest against Centre at Delhi borders, also claimed that the total budget for agriculture and allied sectors has been reduced from 4.26 per cent last year to 3.84 per cent this year.
Tikait lamented that the government has reduced allocation for initiatives to double the income of farmers, for crop insurance scheme, scheme for purchase of crops, and for agriculture infrastructure fund.
He said it also dropped allocation to check stubble burning and failed to increase it for Kisan Samman Nidhi.
