Venkaiah urges farmers to take benefit of e-NAM

New Delhi: While interacting with farmers, Vice-President M Venkaiah Naidu on Saturday stressed on the need to address distress situation, inherited over the years, in farm sector on priority and make farming a remunerative activity. Naidu interacted with over 400 farmers from outer Delhi area.

The Vice-President urged farmers to take advantage of the e-NAM (National Agricultural Market) to get better price of their produce.

Voicing concerns over the difficulties being faced by the farmers even after 70 years of Independence, Naidu said, "A doctor wants his son to become a doctor, a lawyer's son becomes a lawyer, an actor wants his son to become an actor despite not being fully qualified, but a farmer prays for his son becoming at least a Class-IV employee."

Adding further, he said, "This is because of the uncertainty of farm incomes even as farming is physically very demanding. The only way to address this is to ensure remunerative and assured incomes to farmers through necessary interventions".