During the video conferencing with district collectors and commissioners on Saturday, Chief Minister Shivraj Singh Chouhan instructed them to ensure benefit of 'Bhavantar Bhugtan Yojana' being started to provide reasonable prices to the farmers.
Farmers should not face problems while selling their produces and in payment. Payment upto Rs 50,000 in cash should be ensured to the farmers.
He gave directives in detail for celebrating Madhya Pradesh Foundation day in the form of lokotsav (Public Celebration) and to give multi-objective form to the Vikas Yatras. Chief Secretary BP Singh including all the Senior Officers were present in the meeting.
Chouhan told the officers that a revolutionary step for the welfare of the farmers has been taken in Madhya Pradesh before any other state in the country. Everyone is responsible to make it successful.
He instructed that intensive inspections of the Krishi Upaj Mandis should be conducted and to ensure that farmers should get correct price and benefit of Bhavantar Bhugtan Yojana. They should not face any problem in cash payment. He mentioned that there is no shortage of cash. Payment upto Rs 50,000 in cash and balance through RTGS should be made. There is no charge on RTGS.
There is no prohibition on the limit of cash withdrawal from the account for the traders. Cash payment upto Rs 50,000 can be made by the mandi traders in a day. Moreover, cash payment upto Rs 50,000 to be paid to the farmer will not violate any law. Confusion of the farmers and traders should be removed in this regard.
Besides, Chouhan mentioned that model rates should be checked daily and action should be taken against wrongdoings. Handle farmers' cases with complete seriousness and sensitivity under mission mode. Review will be made again after a week by the Chief Secretary.
Chouhan issued instructions to make the closed up-mandis functional and to ensure auction sale of farmers' agriculture produces in these up-mandis. He further stated that where there is no arrangement of auction sale then arrangement should be ensured to transport the agriculture produces to the places which have auction sale arrangements.
It was informed that the best production of the districts will be considered as average production under the Bhavantar Bhugtan Yojana. Similarly, the selling date of soybean till December 31, 2017and selling date of maize has been expanded till January 31, 2018.
The Chief Minister gave directives for better arrangements for Run for Unity being organized on the occasion of birthday of Sardar Vallabh Bhai Patel on October 31. He gave instructions to celebrate Madhya Pradesh Foundation Day programme as public festival on November 01.
He mentioned that people, public representatives, social, cultural and traders organizations should be linked with this. Beside illuminating government buildings, people should be inspired to illuminate private buildings, everyone should participate in it with enthusiasm.