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'''Doubling farmers' income''' (DFI) is a target set by the [[government of India]] in February 2016 to be achieved by 2022.<ref>{{Cite news|date=9 February 2021|title=Govt pursuing target of doubling farmers' income by 2022: Tomar|work=The Economic Times|agency=PTI|url=https://economictimes.indiatimes.com/news/economy/agriculture/govt-pursuing-target-of-doubling-farmers-income-by-2022-tomar/articleshow/80773240.cms?from=mdr|access-date=2021-11-25}}</ref><ref>{{Cite journal|last=Kumar|first=Shiv|last2=Chahal|first2=V. P.|date=January 2018|title=Doubling farmers' income: possible way out|url=https://icar.org.in/sites/default/files/Dobling%20farmers%20income.pdf|journal=Indian Farming|volume=68|issue=01|pages=95–96}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|last=Jadhav|first=Radheshyam|date=10 May 2021|title=Doubling farmers’ income: It’s still a long road ahead|url=https://www.thehindubusinessline.com/data-stories/deep-dive/doubling-farmers-income-its-still-a-long-road-ahead/article34521906.ece|url-status=live|access-date=2021-11-25|website=The Hindu BusinessLine|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210509171821/https://www.thehindubusinessline.com/data-stories/deep-dive/doubling-farmers-income-its-still-a-long-road-ahead/article34521906.ece |archive-date=9 May 2021 }}</ref> The DFI Committee submitted hundreds of recommendations to this effect in September 2018 and is empowered to oversee their implementation.<ref name=":2">{{Cite web|date=4 January 2019|title=Doubling farmers’ income: Dalwai committee empowered to oversee implementation|url=https://www.financialexpress.com/market/doubling-farmers-income-dalwai-committee-empowered-to-oversee-implementation/1432897/|url-status=live|access-date=2021-11-26|website=The Financial Express|language=en-US|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190104004437/https://www.financialexpress.com/market/doubling-farmers-income-dalwai-committee-empowered-to-oversee-implementation/1432897/ |archive-date=4 January 2019 }}</ref>

== Background ==
[[China]] doubled farmer income in six years between 1978 and 1984. In the same time it reduced poverty by 50%. With respect to cutting poverty in half, India took three times the number of years- 18 years between 1993 and 2011.<ref name=":0">{{Cite web|last=Gulati|first=Ashok|last2=Hussain|first2=Siraj|date=28 August 2017|title=From plate to plough: Tall tales for farmers|url=https://indianexpress.com/article/opinion/columns/farmers-agriculture-doubling-farmers-income-dfi-cultivation-fdi-from-plate-to-plough-4816550/|url-status=live|access-date=2021-11-25|website=The Indian Express|language=en|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170827203326/http://indianexpress.com/article/opinion/columns/farmers-agriculture-doubling-farmers-income-dfi-cultivation-fdi-from-plate-to-plough-4816550/ |archive-date=27 August 2017 }}</ref> In 2013, average farmer income was {{INRConvert|6426|year=2013}} while its average monthly consumption expenditure was {{INRConvert|6223|year=2013}}.<ref name=":DoublingIncomeCommittee">{{Cite book|url=https://farmer.gov.in/imagedefault/DFI/DFI%20Volume%201.pdf|title=March of Agriculture since Independence and Growth Trends. Historical Analysis and Examination of India's Agricultural Production and Farmers’ Income.|work=Report of the Committee on Doubling Farmers’ Income|publisher=Committee on Doubling Farmers' Income, Department of Agriculture, Cooperation and Farmers’ Welfare, Ministry of Agriculture & Farmers' Welfare|year=August 2017|volume=1|pages=ii}}</ref> Farmer income varies widely between state, land holdings, and commodity.<ref>{{Cite web|last=Satyasai|first=K J S|last2=Mehrotra|first2=Nirupam|date=12 July 2016|others=Lead paper prepared for Foundation Seminar in [[Vigyan Bhavan]], New Delhi on 12 July 2016 on Doubling Farmers' Income by [[National Bank for Agriculture and Rural Development]] (NABARD)|title=Enhancing Farmers’ Income|url=https://agricoop.nic.in/sites/default/files/12%20July%202016%20Sat%20kjss%20NM.pdf|url-status=live|via=Department of Agriculture & Farmers Welfare, Ministry of Agriculture and Farmers' Welfare, Government of India|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170809161814/http://agricoop.nic.in:80/sites/default/files/12%20July%202016%20Sat%20kjss%20NM.pdf |archive-date=9 August 2017 }}</ref>

Prime Minister [[Narendra Modi]] first talked of the target of doubling farmers' income at a farmer's rally in Uttar Pradesh on 28 February 2016.<ref name=":0" /><ref>{{Cite web|last=Chand|first=Ramesh|date=15 April 2016|title=Why doubling farmers’ income by 2022 is possible|url=https://indianexpress.com/article/opinion/columns/why-doubling-farmers-income-by-2022-is-possible-2754028/|url-status=live|access-date=2021-11-26|website=The Indian Express|language=en|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160418121759/http://indianexpress.com:80/article/opinion/columns/why-doubling-farmers-income-by-2022-is-possible-2754028/ |archive-date=18 April 2016 }}</ref> The next day Finance Minister [[Arun Jaitley]] stated in his budget speech "We are grateful to our farmers for being the backbone of the country's food security. We need to think beyond food security and give back to our farmers a sense of income security. Government will, therefore, reorient its interventions in the farm and non-farm sectors to double the income of the farmers by 2022".<ref name=":1">{{Cite journal|last=Satyasai|first=K J S|last2=Bhart|first2=Sandhya|date=March-April 2016|others=Department of Economic Analysis and Research, NABARD|title=Doubling Farmers’ Income : Way Forward|url=https://www.researchgate.net/profile/Satyasai-Kovvali/publication/303758067_Doubling_farmers'_income_Way_forward/links/575110fe08aef67d0d8a74d9/Doubling-farmers-income-Way-forward.pdf|journal=Rural Pulse|volume=XIV|via=researchgate.net}}</ref>

Immediately following the Prime Minister's and Finance Minister's announcement, there were those who felt that the doubling was possible, such as [[M. S. Swaminathan]].<ref name=":1" /><ref>{{Cite journal|last=Bihari|first=Bankey|last2=Singh|first2=Madan|last3=Bishnoi|first3=Rajesh|last4=Mishra|first4=P K|date=August 2019|title=Issues, challenges and strategies for doubling the farmers' income in India- A review|url=https://www.researchgate.net/publication/343650026_Issues_challenges_and_strategies_for_doubling_the_farmers'_income_in_India_-A_review|journal=Indian Journal of Agricultural Sciences|volume=89|pages=1219-1224|via=researchgate.net}}</ref> On the other hand there were a number of experts who said it couldn't be done, this included [[Ashok Gulati]] and [[Ashok Desai (economist)|Ashok Desai]].<ref name=":1" />

== DFI Committee ==
On 13 April 2016, a Doubling Farmers’ Income (DFI) Committee was set up under Ashok Dalwai, who was at that time an additional secretary in the union ministry of agriculture.<ref name=":0" /> The report has hundreds of recommendations.<ref name=":0" /><ref>{{Cite book|url=https://agricoop.nic.in/sites/default/files/DFI_Volume_14.pdf|title=Comprehensive Policy Recommendations. Summation of Recommended Reforms and Implementation Items Covering Topics discussed in all Volumes of the DFI Report.|work=Report of the Committee on Doubling Farmers’ Income|publisher=Committee on Doubling Farmers' Income, Department of Agriculture, Cooperation and Farmers’ Welfare, Ministry of Agriculture & Farmers' Welfare.|year=September 2018|volume=14}}</ref> Dalwai stated in October 2019 that DFI strategy will be based on increasing productivity, rational resource use and ensuring farmer's to remunerative prices.<ref>{{Cite web|last=Nirmal|first=Rajalakshmi|date=1 October 2019|title=We’re on track to doubling farmers’ income: Ashok Dalwai|url=https://www.thehindubusinessline.com/economy/agri-business/were-on-track-to-doubling-farmers-income-ashok-dalwai/article29565133.ece|url-status=live|access-date=2021-11-25|website=The Hindu BusinessLine|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20191001112647/https://www.thehindubusinessline.com/economy/agri-business/were-on-track-to-doubling-farmers-income-ashok-dalwai/article29565133.ece |archive-date=1 October 2019 }}</ref> The Committee has been empowered to implement its recommendations.<ref name=":2" />

== References ==
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== Further reading ==

* {{Cite journal|last=Singh|first=Sukhpal|date=July–December 2020|title=Doubling Farmers’ Incomes: A Critical Review of Policy|url=http://www.ras.org.in/doubling_farmers__incomes|journal=Review of Agrarian Studies|volume=10|issue=2|pages=138-146}}
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