To improve farm livelihoods, a slew of measures is required in Budget 2019 | The Indian Express

To improve farm livelihoods, a slew of measures is required in Budget 2019 | The Indian Express

Written by Ajay Vir Jakhar |Updated: July 2, 2019 7:08:36 am

The writer is chairman, Bharat Krishak Samaj

To improve farm livelihoods, a slew of measures is required in Budget 2019

The perpetual disregard for allocating funds for human resources both at the national and state level has extracted a heavy toll on the nation. Development of human resources must become the foremost priority of Budget 2019 and the defining goal of the next decade.

Union Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman.

A large majority of farmers will not be able to recall in living memory, ever being happy with the outcome of their profession. Having been forced to adapt to predictable unpredictability, farmers can find resonance in words spoken a century ago by humourist Jerome K Jerome: “The weather is like the Government, always in the wrong.”