Bhopal : Chief Minister Shri Shivraj Singh Chouhan has said that the state government is working on five points to fulfill Prime Minister Shri Narendra Modi’s resolve to double agricultural income. Intensive efforts are on to increase the production of agriculture, reduce the cost of production, provide farmers with the right price for the produce, compensate for losses and motivate farmers for diversification of agriculture. Irrigation is the basis for increasing production. It is our endeavor to ensure that the entire cultivable land of the state should be irrigated. It is as a result of these efforts that the irrigation potential of the state has increased to 42 lakh hectare. Farmers should get fertilizers and seeds on time, if needed, interest should be available at zero percent. The state government is very sensitive and active towards all such work. Chief Minister Shri Chouhan said that the dream of a strong and prosperous farmer is being fulfilled under the guidance of Prime Minister Shri Narendra Modi. Farmers are becoming financially empowered with decisions like PM Samman Nidhi, PM Kisan Maandhan, PM Crop Insurance and increase in support price.
Formation of Farmer Producer Organizations (FPOs)
Chief Minister Shri Chouhan launched 50 Beej Grams in the programme of Farmers’ Welfare and Agriculture Development Department on completion of 20 years of Jan Kalyan and Suraaj. Union Agriculture and Farmers’ Welfare Minister Shri Narendra Singh Tomar, State Farmers’ Welfare and Agriculture Development Minister Shri Kamal Patel were also present in the programme organized at Minto Hall. Chief Minister Shri Chouhan distributed free seed minikits to the beneficiaries. Farmer Producer Organizations were formed and benefits were distributed to the beneficiaries under the Agricultural Infrastructure Fund. Earlier, the programme started with Kanya-Poojan and Madhya Pradesh Song.
Exhibition on advanced equipment, organic products
Chief Minister Shri Chouhan along with Union Minister Shri Tomar and State Agriculture Minister Shri Kamal Patel also visited the exhibitions focused on advanced agricultural implements, organic products and Ek Zila-Ek Utpad in Minto Hall premises. District, Block, Gram Panchayat, Agricultural Extension and Training Center, Krishi Vigyan Kendra, Krishi Upaj Mandis, APO Headquarters and all agricultural universities of the state all joined the state level programme through video conferencing.
MP overshadows Punjab in wheat procurement
Chief Minister Shri Chouhan said that Prime Minister Shri Modi did not allow the price of DAP to increase in the country despite the increase in the price in the international market in order to control the cost of production of the farmer. Fulfilling the resolve to bring Narmada water to Kshipra river in the state shows our commitment towards development and public sentiments. The state government is determined to protect the interest of the farmers. As a result of this, even in the difficult times of Corona, we made a record procurement of 01 crore 29 lakh metric tonnes leaving Punjab behind. While worrying about the farmers, our government has cleared the arrears of Rs 2200 crores of insurance premium of the previous years. As a result, farmers received a payment of Rs 3200 crore claim amount.
Farmers with less land are getting assistance of Rs 10 thousand per annum
Chief Minister Shri Chouhan said that the Pradhan Mantri Kisan Samman Nidhi Yojana has been implemented by Prime Minister Shri Modi for farmers who have less cultivable land. Similarly, Mukhyamantri Kisan-Kalyan Yojana has also been launched for them. Farmers are getting Rs 10 thousand per year from these schemes. This support is being given to farmers to empower them.
Diversification of agriculture must
Chief Minister Shri Chouhan said that diversification of agriculture is necessary to improve the health of land. Sowing the same crop continuously reduces the productivity of the land. Productivity can be increased by adopting systematic crop rotation by changing the crops. After Corona control, the state government will organize Krishi Mahotsav. In the festival, scientists will go from village to village and guide the farmers about the diversification of agriculture and crop rotation according to their area and conditions.
Nano urea distributed to farmers
Chief Minister Shri Chouhan, while distributing Nano Urea prepared by IFFCO to the farmers said that this liquid urea is 10 percent cheaper and it covers more crop area as it can be sprayed. It is less costly as well as more profitable. Using this type of material also reduces the cost of agricultural production.
Name of Madhya Pradesh comes before Punjab and Haryanain agriculture
Union Agriculture and Farmers Welfare Minister Shri Narendra Singh Tomar said that organizing such welfare programmes for farmers on the birthday of Prime Minister Shri Modi is possible only as a result of the vision of Chief Minister Shri Chouhan. Before 2003, Madhya Pradesh was not mentioned anywhere in the achievements of agriculture sector. As a result of Chief Minister Shri Chouhan’s innovative efforts, connecting farmers with technology, standing by them in times of trouble, now whenever agriculture is discussed in the country, the mention of Madhya Pradesh comes before Punjab and Haryana. Under the leadership of Chief Minister Shri Chouhan, the availability of irrigation and electricity has increased in the state, as a result of which the agricultural sector and production have also increased.
With increase in palm oil production in the country, self-reliance in edible oil sector will increase
Union Minister Shri Tomar said that the concept of FPOs (Agriculture Producer Organizations) is being implemented to ensure benefits of farmers with less area. Rs One lakh 50 thousand crore has been allocated by the Prime Minister Shri Modi to fill the gaps in the agricultural infrastructure in the country. It is necessary to work in the field of palm oil in the country. At present edible oil worth Rs 80 thousand crore is imported in the country, of which 56 percent share is of palm oil. With the increase in production of palm oil in the country, self-reliance in the edible oil sector will increase.
Middlemen will be out and farmers’ profit will increase
Farmer’s Welfare and Agriculture Development Minister Shri Kamal Patel has said that the farmer’s son can now set up a processing unit. For this, necessary help and guidance is being provided to him. This has been possible only because of the guidance of Prime Minister Shri Modi and the leadership of Chief Minister Shri Chouhan. With this, the farmer will not only produce, but will also process his produce and market it. As a result middlemen will be out and the profit of the farmer will increase. Organic seeds will be produced in the agricultural fields of the state and made available to the farmers. Farmers will also be given training on organic farming including modern farming. Our aim is to ensure high quality production at low cost.
Minister Shri Kamal Patel said that lakhs of farmers are being benefitted in the programme organized to commemorate the 71st birthday of Prime Minister Shri Modi. Special programmes are being organized in the villages dominated by SC/ST under Beej Grams. In this, certified and improved seeds of new varieties of food grains, pulses and oilseeds crops will be made available to 50 beneficiary farmers in each Beej Gram. Shri Patel informed that Beej Grams have been selected in 10 districts. Free seed minikits are being made available to the farmers with upgraded seeds, which will motivate the farmers to adopt new varieties and the farmers’ profit will increase. Minister Shri Patel said that under the Agriculture Infrastructure Fund Scheme (AIF), financial facility ranging from Rs.7 thousand 440 crore to Rs.12 thousand crore is being allocated to Madhya Pradesh by the Government of India. Minister Shri Patel informed that Farmer Producer Organizations are also being formed to increase the income of farmers as per the intention of the central government.
CM Shri Chouhan interacts with farmers
Chief Minister Shri Chouhan also interacted virtually with Shri Ishwar Das, farmer of Hoshangabad, Shri Vipin Tripathi of Vidisha and Shri Babulal of Dewas. Shri Vipin Tripathi of Vidisha informed about his project to make bio fuel from straw i.e. Narwai.
Benefits distributed under I.A.F
Chief Minister Shri Chouhan has given Rs one crore 50 lakh to Shri Shivam Agrawal of Hoshangabad for packaging unit, Rs one crore 3 lakhs for warehouse to Shri Ajay Gupta of Bhopal, Rs Rs one crore 10 lakh to Smt. Aarti Soni of Bhopal for warehouse, Rs 01 crore 10 lakh to Bhopal’s Smt. Aruna Patidar for warehouse, Rs 7 crore to Sehore’s Shri Mohit Khandelwal for Dal mill, loan amount cheques an letters of approval to Primary Agricultural Credit Co-operative Society Jamner (Shajapur) and Warehouse and Primary Agriculture Credit Co-operative Society Tingajpur uner Agriculture Infrastructure Fund. Benefits were distributed to the Agricultural Producer Organizations of Damoh, Raisen, Morena and Barwani.
Minikits of seeds distributed
While inaugurating the Beej Grams, Chief Minister Shri Chouhan distributed certified and advanced chana seeds to Shri Kailash Singh and Shri Himmat Singh of Tarawali village Shri Hamir Singh of Madnai village, Ravi Shankar Meena of Mundla village in Raisen and Shri Dharamvir Singh of Bamnai village. In the same sequence, free mustard seed minikits were distributed to Smt. Bhagirathi of village Khojanpur in Hoshangabad, Shri Gyan Singh of village Semrikhurd of Bhopal district, Shri Sukhram of Dhamankheda in Sehore district, Shri Ram Singh of village Tindauniya in Rajgarh and Shri Mahendra Singh of village Sontalai in Harda. Former Agriculture Minister Dr. Ramkrishna Kusmaria, Commissioner Agriculture Production Shri Shailendra Singh, Additional Chief Secretary Farmers Welfare and Agriculture Shri Ajit Kesri were present.