Bharatiya Janata Party State general secretary Arvind Bhadoriya has said that with the State level soil health testing drive, farmers would come to know about the nutrients that lack in their farms soil and would use only those fertilizers that are needed for it; this would stop the blind race of using chemical fertilizers.
Bhadoriya in a statement here on Thursday said, “The soil health testing drive would not only stop blind race of using chemicals in farming but would also reduce the expenditure.”
He expressed gratitude towards Chief Minister Shivraj Singh Chouhan for establishing Soil Testing laboratories in all the 313 development blocks of the State. Chief Minister has encouraged the farmers in right direction by providing place for fruits and flower sellers and by launching the ambitious scheme of developing routes of fruits and vegetables. This would strengthen the farmers economically, he added.
He said that the Government is providing 80 per cent subsidy for installing solar pumps to the farmers in order to finish their dependence on electricity and by giving priority in providing permanent electricity pump connection farmers are being encouraged in the State.
The State Government besides providing interest free loan to the farmers would provide 10 per cent rebate from next year in the loan given for manure and seeds to pave way to get rid of loan, he added.
The BJP State general secretary said that providing water to every field, work for every hand and road to every field is becoming the priority of BJP Government of the State led by CM Shivraj Singh Chouhan. The irrigation capacity that was only 7.5 lakh hectare in the State post independence has been increased to 36 lakh hectares during the past 12 years of BJP rule in the State, he added.