Chief Minister Shivraj Singh Chouhan has said that a board on the lines of APEDA (Agriculture and Processed Food Products Export Development Authority) will be formed to export agriculture produce of farmers.
Chouhan, while addressing the farmers present in the state level Kisan Maha Sammelan organized under the Mukhyamantri Krishak Samraddhi Yojana at Jabalpur said that urad of summer season will also be procured by the state government on support price. He urged the farmers for registration under the Krishak Samraddhi Yojana to avail benefit of the scheme. Besides, Chouhan mentioned that agriculture development and farmers’ welfare is the top most priority of the state government. Children of farmers must set up agriculture based industries. The state government will provide loan of Rs 10 lakh to 2 crore in this connection and the guarantee against the loan will also be given by the state government. Chouhan further mentioned that logistic hub and food chain will be prepared in Madhya Pradesh. Arrangement for processing raw material will also be made. Informing about the Mukhyamantri Krishak Samraddhi Yojana besides other important schemes, Chouhan said that fee of educational institutions for children of the farmers will be paid by the state government. Besides, as required arrangement for the members of the farmers’ families towards medical treatment in private hospital will be made. Camps will be organized in the month of July to give relief in the electricity bills to the farmers. He informed that the benefit of lap Top scheme will also be given to the children of the farmers. Chouhan mentioned that the state government wishes that the children of the state must study, move forward and create a new Madhya Pradesh. The Chief Minsiter in a state level Kisan Maha Sammelan mentioned that there was a time when the farmers of the state were not able to undertake farming comfortably due to lack of electricity, irrigation facility and bad road condition. Situation has changed today, the electricity production has reached 18,354 mw in the state. Sufficient electricity is being supplied to the farmers. The irrigation area has become 40,000 hectare, water is being supplied to the farmers through pipeline as per their requirement. Farmers need not to pay heavy interest on loans now. Farmers are undertaking agriculture by obtaining loan at zero percent interest.
Rural areas have been connected with urban areas under the Pradhanmantri Gramin Sadak Yojana.
Framers have started to make agriculture a profitable occupation by getting relief from the Crop Insurance scheme and drought relief. Chouhan performed bhoomi poojan of construction works costing Rs 394 crore during the Kisan Maha Sammelan including Narmada payjal yojana costing Rs 257 crore, Belkheda electricity sub centre costing Rs 51 crore, Goura Bazaar electricity sub center costing Rs 34.08 crore, administrative building of Medical University costing Rs 20.38 crore and Mukhyamantri Payjal Yojana costing Rs 21.71 crore.