Haryana Chief Minister Manohar Lal Khattar on Sunday said that a cell of progressive farmers should be constituted in the state and they should be honoured as well.
“The progressive farmers would act as trainers and would give training to 5 farmers every year. They will be given a separate amount for this,” the Chief Minister said while addressing a meeting of the State Executive Body of BJP Kisan Morcha and farmers here.
The Chief Minister said that a list of those progressive farmers should be prepared at the district-level, whose per acre income is high. Also, such farmers who can become a source of inspiration for others should be included in thelist.
The government is ready to protect the interests of the farmers. In view of the monsoon season, the Central Government had decided to start the procurement of paddy from October 11, however, considering the farmers’ demand the State Government has started the paddy procurement with immediate effect, he said.
Khattar said that the government during its seven-year tenure has always taken decisions in the interest of farmers and implemented ambitious schemes. When Meri Fasal, Mera Byora Scheme was implemented, there was resistance to it as well. But today farmers are willingly joining this scheme and taking advantage of it.
The government has constituted 600 FPOs to double the farmers’ income and 78,000 farmers have joined it. There are plans to create 1500 more such FPOs in the future which will benefit lakhs of farmers, he said.
The Chief Minister said that by joining FPO, farmers can start cold storage, mushroom production, bee keeping etc. business on their land. Besides this, some farmers can also run their own small mandi together.
The farmers can also start online trading of their crops. About 3,000 farmers are presently associated with the business of Beekeeping in the State and we aim to double it in future, he added.
During the meeting, the Chief Minister took information from the Kisan Morcha members about the distribution of land. Besides this, he directed the officers to get the work of consolidation done in Dadri and Bhiwani and to fix the valuation system.
He said that the government is implementing Kisan Mitra Yojana.
Speaking at the meeting, Agriculture Minister JP Dalal asked the members of Kisan Morcha to assess whether any farmer-friendly scheme is being implemented in any state of the country so that we implement it in our state as well. The State Government has done several works for the welfare of farmers, including procurement of 11 crops at MSP, implementation of Swaminathan Report, running 1800 mandis during procurement in Covid-19 crisis, maximum compensation to farmers, effective stubble burning policy and no increase in the prices of urea, he added.
