 "farmers, agriculture, economy, farming")
In her Budget 2023 speech, Nirmala Sitharaman made a slew of announcements for the agriculture sector. An Agriculture Accelerator Fund will be launched to encourage agri-startups by young entrepreneurs. Also, the agri credit target was hiked by Rs 20 trillion.
"The agricultural credit target will be increased to Rs 20 trillion with a focus on animal husbandry, dairy and fisheries," FM Sitharaman said. Last year, the government increased the agricultural credit target to Rs 18 trillion for 2022-23 fiscal from Rs 16.50 trillion the year before.
Also, she said that the Centre will encourage 10 million farmers to take up
