• PM Narendra Modi held a meeting today to deliberate on the issues and reforms required in Agriculture sector. 
• Special emphasis was given on reforms in agriculture marketing, management of marketable surplus, access of farmers to institutional credit and freeing agriculture sector of various restrictions with appropriate backing of statute. 
• The focus was on making strategic interventions in the existing marketing eco-system and bringing appropriate reforms in the context of rapid agricultural development.
• Concessional credit flow to strengthen agriculture infrastructure, special Kisan Credit Card saturation drive for PM-Kisan beneficiaries and facilitating inter and intra-state trade of agriculture produce to ensure fairest return to farmer were some of the important areas covered.
• Developing e-NAM into a platform of platforms to enable e-commerce was one of the important topics of discussion.
• Discussion also emanated on the possibilities of uniform statutory framework in the country to facilitate new ways for farming which will infuse capital and technology in agrarian economy. 
• PM Modi emphasised on the dissemination of technology till the last mile and making our farmers more competitive in the global value chain.

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