No plans to prepare separate agriculture budget: Govt
Ruling out Shiv Sena's demand for a separate Agriculture Budget, the Government on Friday said it has no plans to prepare any such budget on lines of the Railway Budget.
By PTI |
NEW DELHI: Ruling out Shiv Sena's demand for a separate Agriculture Budget, the Government on Friday said it has no plans to prepare any such budget on lines of the Railway Budget.
Replying to supplementaries during Question Hour, Agriculture Minister Sharad Pawar said agriculture was interlinked to several other ministeries like the ones for irrigation, fertilizer, rural development, finance, cooperative and power.
"It is not possible to group all these ministeries into one," he said ruling out a demand from Manohar Joshi (Shiv Sena) for a separate Agriculture Budget.
Pawar said the Plan outlay for department of agriculture and cooperation under his ministry has gone up to Rs 5,520 crore in 2007-08 from Rs 4,800 crore in the previous year.
The allocation for department of animal husbandry, dairying and fisheries has been increased to Rs 910 crore from Rs 777 while that of department of agricultural research has gone up from Rs 1350 crore to Rs 1620 crore.
Replying to supplementaries during Question Hour, Agriculture Minister Sharad Pawar said agriculture was interlinked to several other ministeries like the ones for irrigation, fertilizer, rural development, finance, cooperative and power.
"It is not possible to group all these ministeries into one," he said ruling out a demand from Manohar Joshi (Shiv Sena) for a separate Agriculture Budget.
Pawar said the Plan outlay for department of agriculture and cooperation under his ministry has gone up to Rs 5,520 crore in 2007-08 from Rs 4,800 crore in the previous year.
The allocation for department of animal husbandry, dairying and fisheries has been increased to Rs 910 crore from Rs 777 while that of department of agricultural research has gone up from Rs 1350 crore to Rs 1620 crore.
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