Chief Minister Shivraj Singh Chouhan said that farmers' crops will not be sold at low prices. Farmers will get fair price for their produce. If the prices of farmers' crops are low in the market, then the Government will compensate them, said the Chief Minister. Whether it is a matter due to natural calamity or any other reason, the State Government will always stand with the farmers, Chief Minister further said
Chief Minister Shivraj Singh Chouhan was addressing the Kisan Sammelan at Waraseoni tehsil headquarters in Balaghat district. Chouhan transferred the amount of Rs 57 crore online in the bank accounts of 72,000 farmers of Balaghat district under Krishak Rin Samadhan Yojana worth Rs 419 crore.
Chouhan said that the State Government has always taken decisions in favour of farmers. He said that 15 years back, farmers of the State used to get agriculture loan at 18 per cent interest for agricultural work. But, now agriculture loan is being made available to farmers at less than zero percent interest rate. Chouhan said that earlier no one could even imagine that Rs 57 crore could be distributed as incentive to farmers, but the State Government did so. He said that Rs 1700 crore is being distributed as incentive amount to those farmers who have sold wheat and paddy on Minimum Support Price (MSP) last year. This year farmers who sell their wheat on MSP will be given Rs 265 per quintal incentive.Discussing the Mukhya Mantri Krishak Rin Samadhan Yojana, Chouhan said that the state has also prepared a scheme for those farmers whose loans have expired and who were not being able to avail the benefit of zero percent interest. loan interest of such farmers has been waived.
Talking about the unemployed youths he said that the state government is going to open one lakh jobs next month. These jobs will have reservations for women. Women will also be given reservation in police recruitments. Shri Chouhan told that the state government has decided to put an end to the contractual system.