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So I am for the bill. But there is also the other side.

All this is possible only if my farmer is able to produce a substantial quantity of the food. Today we are fortunate. Five or six years ago we had to import, but today India is the largest exporter of rice in the world, the second largest exporter of wheat and sugar. About six years ago we were importing cotton, today India is the second largest exporter of cotton. My export earnings from agricultural produce is about Rs 2,32,000 crore. Things are definitely changing. We have to constantly improve productivity so that the farmer is not disheartened.

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