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Towards
Towards Duty
Duty
Path
Path
Years
Years

Empowered

farmers and

prosperous

villages

he Father of the Nation Mahatma Gandhi had said- 'the soul of India lives in its villages. Therefore,
without the development of the villages and the farmers, the country cannot progress.' This is the
Treason why the present government has taken many steps for the empowerment of farmers and
villages through many revolutionary schemes which include the Adarsh Gram Yojana or providing internet
access to villages and gram panchayats or the e-gram swaraj scheme started to strengthen e-Governance in
Panchayati Raj Institutions. Also, with an aim to empower villages and farmers not only new schemes were
launched but also old schemes were revamped to make them people-friendly. A slew of measures have been
taken to strengthen farmers and villages through several schemes such as giving minimum support prices,
transferring Kisan Samman Nidhi directly into the accounts of farmers, starting e-NAM to double the income
of the farmers, Pradhan Mantri Krishi Sinchai Yojana, Kisan Credit Card Yojana, or SVAMITVA scheme which
aims to settle land disputes and give legal rights of the land.

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