Chief Minister Shivraj Singh Chouhan has said that the speculations about closure of mandis and support price system are misleading and untrue.
Farmers should not pay attention to such speculations. Families occupying one-two acres of agricultural land in the state since 50 years will be given pattas. Online arrangements will be made soon for all land related records. The Chief Minister was addressing a gathering on Thursday in Nasrullaganj in Sehore district after transferring Rs 100 crore of the Mukhya Mantri Kisan Kalyan Yojana to the accounts of 5 lakh farmers with a single click.
Directly connected with the farmers of the entire state, Chief Minister Chouhan, held a discussion with the farmers on agricultural laws which was welcomed and supported by them and the farmers expressed their gratitude to Prime Minister Narendra Modi with loud applause. Chief Minister Chouhan said that these laws will bring a revolutionary change in the lives of lakhs of farmers in the state and will double the income of farmers by 2022.
The Chief Minister dedicated 10 development and construction works worth Rs 42 crores and performed bhoomi pujan of 10 construction works worth more than Rs 53 crore. The Chief Minister also announced Rs 11 crore for the expansion of Nasrullaganj Hospital. He also provided benefits from various schemes of Fisheries and Rural Development to many beneficiaries and distributed cheques of Mukhyamantri Path Vikreta Nidhi Yojana amount. He also presented tricycles with battery and reverse gear facility to 50 specially abled persons on World Disabled Day.
Chouhan said that now farmers will have the freedom to sell their produce anywhere. He said that the speculations of closure of mandis are misleading and utter nonsense. Chouhan said that the farmers are being misguided that the support price system will be discontinued. As long as I am alive, support price system will not be discontinued.
Chouhan said that his government is the government of farmers and in the last 8 months more than Rs 25,000 crores of various schemes have been deposited in the account of farmers. Copies related to farming etc. will now be available online and invitation by the revenue board management system for appearing in revenue courts including mutation will be made online.