Chief Minister Shivraj Singh Chouhan said that efforts are being made that talent of the State should not go waste. The government is providing cooperation and its full support to entrepreneurship and innovations. He further mentiond that efforts are being made to encourage talents and innovations in education, trade, industry and all other fields. Medhavi Chhhatra Yojana, Mukhyamantrui Yuva Udhyami Yojana and Venture Fund like several schemes have been implemented. There is vast opportunity for innovations in agriculture sector. He said further that the state has huge potential and it needs to be tapped at any cost. For this, the government has been launching schemes from time to time.
Chouhan was addressing the National Convention at Academy for Administration and Management on Tuesday. The convention was organized by the Vidhyarthi Kalyan Nyas, Bhopal Development Corporation. Minister for Higher Education Jaibhan Singh Pawaiya was present in the convention.
Chouhan said that efforts are being made by the government and society to innovations and new thoughts. More efforts are needed for new thoughts to solve existing problems. He informed that agriculture growth rate is above 20 percent since last 4 years constantly in the state. This is not happened anywhere else in the world. Bumper crop is a result of miraculous progress. Giving an example of onion crop, he said that price of onion has crashed owing to 32 lakh metric tonne of production.
The government is purchasing onion at the rate of Rs 8 per kg to help farmers. Measures to make paste from onion should be considered in future.
He urged that brainstorming should take place in agriculture colleges and research centers on efforts for fixing prices of agriculture produces. He further said that proper direction is the need of hour. Youths should be encouraged in this direction. Full cooperation, support will be provided by the government for innovations and new efforts, he added.