CM felicitated for farmer friendly decisions
Bhopal: Chief Minister Shivraj Singh Chouhan was today felicitated for his farmer friendly decisions by the farmers. Chief Minister Chouhan was honoured with a bouquet and adorned with a turban. Limited number of farmers took part in the event while following social distancing norms. The farmers said that the Chief Minister Chouhan’s decision to provide benefits to the farmers in the Kisan Samman Nidhi to extend financial support to small and marginal farmers of the state is historic. By extending the fund, Chief Minister Shri Chouhan has simplified the difficult life of farmers who provide us grains.Chouhan said that farmers’ interest is the main priority of the government. The former government did not deposit the state’s share of crop insurance amount of the farmers, due to which the farmers remained deprived of the benefits. The former government rounded up it loan waiver work at Rs 6000 crores although it had promised to waive Rs 50,000 crores. About one and a half times more amount has already been provided by the present government within six months. Along with this, decision has also been taken to provide Rs 10,000 to the farmers under Kisan Samman Nidhi. In addition to the annual provision of Rs 6000 under the Pradhan Mantri Samman Nidhi, the state government will also provide two installments of Rs 2000 thus directly benefitting the small farmers. On this occasion, Minister of State for Panchayat and Rural Development Ramkhelavan Patel and former Minister Rampal Singh were present.
No house will remain kachcha in 3 years: CM
Bhopal: Chief Minister Shri Shivraj Singh Chouhan has said that no house will remain Kuchcha in the next 3 years in the state, financial help is being given to build Pucca house by the government under the housing schemes. Now, poor, labourers, farmers do not have to worry for anything in the state, the government is taking care of their needs. The Sambal Yojana has been re-started in the state, which is a security cover for poor. Through this scheme, various kinds of assistance are being made available to the poor.Chouhan was addressing on the occasion of inauguration and foundation laying of development works in Rajpur of Ashok Nagar district. In the programme, he inaugurated and laid foundation of development works costing total Rs. 244.92 crore.In the programme, Chief Minister Chouhan announced that Ashok Nagar will be made Smart City. All facilities will be provided here as per the provisions of the scheme. He also announced for starting an Agriculture College from next year.
Rs 6K to farmers in a year under PMKSN
Bhopal : It is to be highlighted that an amount of Rs 6,000 is paid to every farmer in 3 equal installments in a year under the Pradhan Mantri Kisan Samman Nidhi Yojana. On the lines of this scheme, Kisan Kalyan Yojana has been introduced in Madhya Pradesh and under the scheme, Samman Nidhi of Rs 4 thousand will be paid by the State Government to each beneficiary of the PM Kisan Yojana, in 2 equal installments in a year. Thus, every farmer will get Samman Nidhi of total Rs 10,000 every year.Chief Minister Shri Shivraj Singh Chouhan will duly launch the scheme at 10.40 a.m. at Minto Hall on September 26. Along with this, he will also hold talks with the farmers via video conferencing. Chief Minister Shri Chouhan said that there is always an adverse effect on agricultural production in case of a natural disaster. Hence, this scheme has been introduced in the interest of the farmers.