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Taking a swipe at Prime Minister Narendra Modi over his promise of doubling farmers' income in five years, his predecessor Manmohan Singh said it would end up just being another election 'jumla' (rhetoric) as the government had no concrete plan to achieve the target. Singh, addressing a press conference here today, said that in order to achieve the target of doubling farmers' income in five years, the <br />agriculture sector needed to grow at a rate of 10 per cent.He also slammed the Modi government, saying its "nice sounding slogans" <br />such as 'Start up India, Stand up India' and 'Skill India' are not backed by effective policies.In a veiled attack on Modi's style of <br />functioning, Singh said leaders should also listen to criticism to take corrective action, instead of just expecting praise. Modi has <br />said that he dreamt of seeing farmers' income getting doubled by 2022 when the country completes 75 years of its Independence