Target of doubling farm income by 2022 won't be achieved if new agri laws aren't implemented: Niti Aayog's Ramesh Chand

Mr Chand pointed out that the government is willing to discuss the three farm laws clause by clause, and farmer leaders should consider this offer

Niti Aayog member Ramesh Chand on Sunday said the target of doubling farmers' income by 2022 will not be fulfilled if the three new farm laws are not implemented immediately, adding that the protesting farm unions should consider the government's offer of discussing the legislations clause by clause. In an interview to PTI, Mr Chand further said the blanket ban on genetically modified crops is not the right approach. The government and unions representing farmers, who have been camping at Delhi's border for four months in protest against the three laws that they say will end sState procurement of crops at MSP, have held 11 rounds of talks, the last being on January 22. Talks broke down after widespread violence during a tractor rally by protesting farmers on January 26.