Defense Minister Rajnath Singh has said that the farmer is not only the provider of food, but also the creator of India’s destiny. The sons of the farmer have guarded the borders. To make India strong, farmers have to be made strong. Whether it was the freedom struggle, the struggle of 1857, the Satyagraha of Champaran or the movement of Bardoli in Gujarat, the farmers shook the Britishers. Today, the presence of a large number of farmers in this Kisan-Kalyan Mahakumbh in Madhya Pradesh is heartening. Chief Minister Shivraj Singh Chouhan is doing miraculous work for development and farmers, poor, daughters etc. in the state. He is working wholeheartedly for the public. Today I am seeing how much people love him. Defense Minister Singh was addressing the Kisan-Kalyan Mahakumbh in Rajgarh district. Chief Minister Chouhan said that in the Mukhyamantri Kisan-Kalyan Yojana, instead of Rs 4 thousand, the state government will now provide Rs 6 thousand to the farmers every year. In the Pradhan Mantri Kisan Samman Nidhi, farmers get Rs 6 thousand every year. In this way, now the amount received by the farmers will be Rs 12 thousand annually.
The Chief Minister said that such families that own tractors will also be benefitted under the Mukhya Mantri Ladli Bahna Yojana. Tractor will not be considered in the category of four wheeler. The sisters of these families will also get Rs.1000 per month. He said that fertilizers are available in sufficient quantity. The state government will also pay the interest of 3 months for the advance lifting of fertilizers and seeds. He told the farmers that the procurement of moong at the support price would start soon.
Union Defense Minister Singh and Chief Minister Chouhan, transferred Rs 2 thousand 123 crores in the accounts of 11 lakh farmers in the Chief Minister Farmers Interest Waiver Scheme-2023, Rs 2 thousand 900 crores in the accounts of 44 lakh 49 thousand farmers in the Pradhan Mantri Fasal Bima Yojana and Rs One thousand 400 crore in the accounts of 70 lakh 61 thousand farmers under the Mukhya Mantri Kisan Kalyan Yojana, thus transferring an amount of a total Rs 6 thousand 423 crore. Along with the farmers, a large number of sisters and daughters gathered in the programme.
Defense Minister Singh said that India is no longer a weak country. No country has the courage to raise its eyes and look at us. The people of India have faith in Vasudhaiva Kutumbakam. We consider all the people living on the earth of the world as our own. India does not attack any country, this is our character. We will not attack anyone, but if anyone attacks us, we will not leave them either. India can teach a lesson to terrorists and attackers not only within but outside the country as well. This has become evident from the decision of surgical strike by Prime Minister Narendra Modi. Union Minister Singh said that importance is being given to women in the army. Now they are not only joining the army in large numbers, but have also become ready for leadership. The flagship of a major naval warship is also headed by a woman. Sisters have an important role in building a new India. Prime Minister Modi has done the work of increasing the participation of sisters.
Defense Minister Singh said that Chief Minister Chouhan has done miraculous work in various fields including farmers’ welfare. He remembers that when he came to Madhya Pradesh several years before on the invitation of Chief Minister Chouhan to attend the Kisan Sammelan, the farmers used to get loans at 4 percent interest, which the Chief Minister worked to bring down to zero percent.
