Rs 6000 in the life of a farmer is important: Goyal

February 01, 2019 17:17

Finance Minister Piyush Goyal's interview with ANI Editor Smita Prakash on the Interim Budget:

"Why is it that they (Congress) never bothered for healthcare of farmers like we did? Why is it that they never bothered to ensure electricity to all as we did?

"Except making tall promises they did nothing. Instead of being looked at as Rs 500 per month for farmers, it has been introduced as a supplemental income. They're our 'anndaata' and provide us food security... Sitting over here it's very difficult to imagine how important this Rs 6000 is in the life of a small farmer.

"We want to take irrigation through micro irrigation route and through organic farming which takes much less water, this is going to be a priority for the government. In the next 10 years, will make sure everybody get benefit of good irrigation facilities.

At least 3.5 crore people (will be benefitted). We'll get a final data when the final tax returns of the next year come...We have not disturbed the tax rates. We just made the change that those with an annual income less than Rs 5 lakh will have to pay zero tax."

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