Agriculture Minister Radha Mohan Singh. (Illustration: Subrata Dhar) With back-to-back monsoon failures impacting farm output and incomes in the last two years, agriculture minister Radha Mohan Singh has had a lot on his plate. Yet, it has not stopped the Narendra Modi government from unveiling plans for the agriculture sector that he claims are path-breaking in this interview with HARISH DAMODARAN. What are your government’s achievements in agriculture? How is its approach to the farm sector different from that of the UPA regime? The Prime Minister, in his very first address after taking over, made it clear that this is a government dedicated to gaon, garib, kisan (village, poor and...
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