It attempts to provide certain guiding principles for the formulation of five-year plans for the next 20 years. Specifics were deliberately kept out. We need a commitment on broad policy. With the policy, agriculture will be regarded differently. Broadly, the agriculture policy targets a growth rate of more than 4 per cent.
Growth has to be equitable and sustainable.
It also attempts to make agriculture a viable profession. Not at all. It is inevitable. It has to be seen as a challenge. We have opened our markets.