Punjab farmer leaders on Saturday said the Union Budget was "disappointing" for the farming community as it did not give a legal guarantee on minimum support price for crops. Union Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman on Saturday presented her eighth budget in Parliament in Delhi. Sitharaman announced six new agricultural schemes while increasing the subsidised Kisan Credit Card loan limit to Rs 5 lakh from the existing Rs 3 lakh, which will impact 7.7 crore farmers, fishermen and dairy farmers. Farmer leader Abhimanyu Kohar said raising the credit card loan limit will increase the debt burden further on farmers. The agrarian crisis will not be resolved by making farmers more indebted but by making farmers self-reliant by legally guaranteeing MSP on crops by passing a law. Protesting farmers have been demanding a law that legally assures the sale of farm produce at least at the MSP. Kohar said the Budget failed to live up to the expectations of the farming community. He said the ...