He felt that to define Viksit Bharat and make it a ground reality, people’s income has to increase eightfold.

Expressing confidence that such a development will certainly happen, provided farmers are far-sighted, Dhankar said farmers make a lot of effort in cultivating and harvesting crops, but beyond that their role is negligible.

He also called on farmers to increase their participation in the animal husbandry and agro-based industry.

Dhankhar highlighted that the entire food processing industry is based on farm produce and that farmers need to be part of the value addition based on their produce. PTI NAB MPL MPL