Day 3 of Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman's announcements focused on agriculture and a reiteration of a past promise to amend laws to make it easier to sell produce
JALANDHAR, INDIA - APRIL 17: A farm worker harvests wheat crop while covering his face in a field during lockdown against coronavirus, on April 17, 2020 on the outskirts of Jalandhar, India.
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A host of measures announced by Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman on Friday aimed at providing relief to the agriculture sector. There was also a promise to amend legislation that would make it easier for interstate transport of farm produce as well as enable contract farming.