Agriculture Minister Gaurishankar Bisen met Union Agriculture Minister Radha Mohan Singh and Chemicals and Fertilisers Minister Ananth Kumar in New Delhi on Wednesday.
He apprised them about State’s agriculture scenario. He informed that sowing operations have accelerated following recent rain in over 20 districts of the State. At this stage, farmers are in dire need of urea. The duo congratulated Madhya Pradesh for maintaining excellence in agriculture production and receiving Krishi Karman Award consecutively for third year. He assured to send 5 rakes of urea to Madhya Pradesh in December as for previous shortage of supply. He said that the State will be provided additional one lakh MT urea fertiliser. Following the meeting, sanction was granted to release Rs235 crore out of Rs261 crore under Rashtriya Krishi Vikas Yojana (RKVY). A sum of Rs 66 crore out of Rs235 crore has already been received by the State. Bisen urged to release Central share in other Centrally-sponsored agriculture schemes. He was accompanied by Principal Secretary Rajesh Rajora. Rajora informed that 3.70 lakh MT urea has been allotted to the state for December of which 2.55 lakh MT has been received so far. The State had received less fertilisers than fixed for October and November. In the meeting, it was decided to remove chronic shortage of fertilisers and allot additional one lakh MT fertilisers in order to continue the high level of agriculture production in the State.