Prime Minister, Narendra Modi has said that today the money which comes from Delhi reaches the farmers’ accounts directly. What would be better governance than this? Late Atal Bihari Vajpayee made good governance a part of his life and good governance is being implemented in the country today in accordance with his concept. “I offer my humble prayers the most benevolent and great patriot Pt. Madan Mohan Malviya and former Prime Minister of the nation, late Atal Bihari Vajpayee.”
Prime Minister Narendra Modi, on Friday transferred the total amount of Rs 18,000 crores of Kisan Samman Nidhi to the accounts of 9 crore farmers of the country through a single click. Under this, 78 lakh farmers of Madhya Pradesh have been benefited. Modi virtually addressed the farmers of the country.
Addressing farmers from Babai in Hoshangabad district, Chief Minister Shri Shivraj Singh Chouhan, said that good governance is being implemented in the state as per the vision of former Prime Minister late Atal Bihari Ji. There will be rule of law in the state, not of goons and miscreants. Defining good governance, Chouhan said that “Good governance means ensuring that the benefits of government services reach the public with a fixed time frame without any give and take.”
The Prime Minister said that the agricultural laws have been implemented after thorough study in view of the problems and interests of the farmers. Earlier small farmers used to have trouble selling their crops. In the new law, they have been given several options through which they can sell their crops at a good price.
Modi said that our Government has fixed MSP at one and a half times the cost of the crop of farmers and more crops were brought under its purview. Modi said that agriculture would have to be modernized in the 21st century to increase the income of farmers from agriculture. These three agriculture reform laws are steps taken in this direction. The Government will provide storage facilities to farmers near the village and the cold store chain will be expanded.
Modi said that under the new Agriculture Contract Act, now the trader / contractor is legally bound to give fixed price of the crop to the farmer. Now no one can cheat a farmer. The contractee will also assist the farmer in producing quality crops under the contract. Even if the crop of the farmer gets destroyed, the contractor will have to pay fixed price of the crop to the farmer. The farmer can terminate the contract whenever he wants, but not the trader.
Modi said that we are prepared to let the farmer laws be tested on every criterion. We will not let the trust of the farmers be affected at all. We are ready to discuss every issue with the farmers. Agricultural laws will be beneficial for farmers under all circumstances.