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Member FSC PM's Agri Tubewell Solarization | FPCCI Agri Comm. | Ex Member PM's Task Force Economy & Agri Yield Improvement | Ex Dist Council | ProgressiveFarmer
Jun 14, 2021 9 tweets 4 min read
#Punjab #Budget 2021-22
(Want to understand)

#Agriculture
1. #Cotton again missing like federal’s budget, so a four crops budget.
2. Development budget is Rs. 31.5 billion in today’s speech, last year speech had a bit higher number Rs. 31.7 billion. (Screenshots attached) 3. Rs. 100 billion agriculture transformation plan
4. Rs. 4 billion for #subsidies, mean Rs. 73 per acre. Rs. 28 billion for #Farm #Mechanization Innovation, last available agriculture census is 17 years old, how to estimate about spending how much on what machinery
Jun 11, 2021 9 tweets 4 min read
#Budget2021

1. Nothing allocated for cotton
2. Nothing for electricity relief for agriculture tubewell
3. Import bill increased due to food imports, last year performance can’t be blamed for locusts attack only, climate change impact, data and low productivity were the reasons. 4. This year performance of few crops were better but prices of international market of wheat and sugar were on rise and last year farmers were not beneficiaries but the middle men. This year numbers are yet to confirm because the wheat harvest season started in March April 2021