New Delhi: Asking NDA MPs to bring maximum farmers under the Central government’s new crop insurance policy, Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Tuesday urged the ruling alliance leaders to take it as a challenge in their constituencies.
With the Budget underlining the NDA government’s rural pitch, Mr Modi asked MPs to work towards taking the benefit of newly-announced “Pradhan Mantri Fasal Bima Yojana” to farmers.
At the NDA meeting, which was skipped by ally Shiv Sena, finance minister Arun Jaitley also asserted that the crop insurance policy will address agriculture distress.
The Shiv Sena claimed that they were not informed about the meeting, saying there was some “communication gap”. The meeting also saw HRD minister Smriti Irani being praised for her “spirited reply” in the two Houses on Rohith Vemula issue, with members supporting her by thumping their desks.
Mr Jaitley underscored that it seeks to give a fillip to economic growth by improving infrastructure and business and the investment climate.
He told the MPs that the government was making all out efforts to create an “insured and pensioned” society and highlighted steps like health insurance and life cover.
