In 2017, Prime Minister Narendra Modi had said that the target of his government was to double the farmers’ income by 2022. In 2021, Union Home Minister Amit Shah said that doubling farmers income was the biggest priority of the Narendra Modi government and that the three central farm laws would ensure manifold hikes in their earnings. Five years down the line, the income of farmers has seen a “marginal rise”, far from “doubling”.