Centre forms panel to work for doubling farmers' income
"As per preliminary reports received from the states, the total area sown under Rabi crops as on January 27, 2017 stood at 637.34 lakh hectares as compared to 600.02 lakh hectares in the corresponding period last year, indicating no significant impact of demonetisation on Rabi sowing," said a ministry statement.
Centre would be to study the current income level of farmers and agricultural labourers, to measure the historical growth rate of the current income level. Photo: Pixabay