Five things that agriculture sector expects in Budget

Ajay Modi, special correspondent of Business Today, lists down five key points that Budget 2015-16 should focus on in agriculture sector.

1. Expand Agriculture Research: Aim at enhancing crop yield by improving productivity.
2. Augment farm credit: Improve flow of credit to farmers at concessional rates.
3. Infrastructure focus: Incentives for warehousing and cold chain storage.
4. Insurance: Schemes for crops insurance to farmers to salvage them in case of crop failure.
5. Cash subsidy on fertilisers: Direct cash transfer of subsidy to farmers to bring efficiency.