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Agricultural community disappointed: Ratnakaran

Staff Reporter

KOTTAYAM: The Union Budget has disappointed the agricultural community, Minister for Agriculture Mullakkara Ratnakaran has said.

Recommendations

In an informal chat with media persons here on Thursday, Mr. Ratnakaran said that the Government, through the budget, had the responsibility to take forward the recommendations of the Swaminathan Commission.

The budget was presented after the Commission submitted its full report that had several recommendations on the issue of agriculture debt and ways to face the challenges in the production and marketing of agriculture produce.

However, the budget had no proposals to implement these recommendations, he pointed out.

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