NEW DELHI: Vice President Jagdeep Dhankhar on Thursday asserted that the income of people has to increase eightfold to define Viksit Bharat and urged farmers to look beyond agriculture and explore agro-based products to increase their income.
Talking to reporters after paying tributes to former prime minister Charan Singh on his death anniversary here, the vice president said Viksit Bharat, or a developed India, does not refer to the rank of the nation’s economy in the world.
He felt that to define Viksit Bharat and make it a ground reality, people’s income has to increase eightfold.
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.
