PRESENTING his maiden Budget in the Haryana Assembly, Chief Minister Manohar Lal Khattar, who also holds the Finance portfolio, pledged his government’s commitment to the national goal of making agriculture futuristic and doubling farmers’ income, while proposing an outlay of Rs 6,481.48 crore for agriculture and farmer welfare activities — an increase of 23.92 per cent over the 2019-20 budgetary provisions of Rs 5,230.54 crore. This includes an outlay of Rs 3,364.90 crore for agriculture, Rs 1,157.41 crore for animal husbandry, Rs 492.82 crore for horticulture and Rs 122.42 crore for fisheries.