Vice-President Dhankhar calls on corporates to share profits with farm sector
Bengaluru, Jun 7 (PTI) Vice-President Jagdeep Dhankhar on Saturday stressed the critical role played by the farm sector in the nation's growth trajectory and called on corporates to share their profits with them.
Interacting with industry leaders and entrepreneurs here, he said, 'Time has come for corporates to share their profits with the farm sector. Your investment in research or farmland is not charity — it is a gainful investment." He also urged the political parties in the country to bring down the political temperature and said, 'The dialogue between political parties cannot be a confrontation–the dialogue has to be soothing. Democracy is defined, friends, by dialogue and discourse." According to him, India is a thriving federal society where there has to be sync between the Centre and the States. Dialogue between leaders and political parties is vital–absence of dialogue will not be good for our national mindset.
'Issues of national security, issues connected with our nationalism, and issues connected to our development must be viewed from a national prism, not a partisan one. I do not doubt the political sagacity of people across the spectrum–they are available in all political parties," he was quoted as saying in a statement issued by Vice President Secretariat.
Invoking the Vedantic principle of freedom of expression, the Vice-President stated, 'Democratic values–cannot be described without freedom of expression and debate. If someone attacks, frustrates or regulates your right to expression, then there is a deficiency in democracy." He noted that people in industry, unlike politics, are satisfied by balance sheets. 'But greenfield projects are not emerging at the pace they should. Please think, converge in clusters to ensure equitable employment and growth," Dhankhar said.
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June 07, 2025, 21:45 IST
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