Farmer-Welfare and Agriculture Development Minister Sachin Yadav has said that the first priority of the State Government is the prosperity of the ‘Annadata’ (Farmer).
The State Government has launched a campaign to free the farmers of loans by implementing the ‘Jai Kisan Crop Loan Waiver Scheme’ as per their manifesto.
In the first phase, loans worth Rs 7154.36 crore have been waived, of 20 lakh 22 thousand 731 eligible farmers. In the second phase, which is being started soon, loans of 12 lakh 2 thousand 78 farmers will be waived.
Minister Sachin Yadav said that the state government is supporting farmers at every step. By implementing “Jai Kisan Samriddhi Yojana’ on March 5, 2019 in the state, a provision of Rs 160 per quintal incentive amount on wheat sold by the farmer through the Krishi Upaj Mandi and e-procurement centre has been made. Under the scheme, incentive amount of Rs 1463.42 crore will be provided to 11.79 lakh farmers, selling 92.67 lakh metric tonnes of wheat.
Yadav has informed that the Chief Minister’s Food Processing Scheme has been implemented in the state from this year. Under the scheme, one to two and a half acres of land will be made available to educated unemployed youth on lease for 30 years per beneficiary.
Under the scheme, clusters of 100 acres each are being prepared for floriculture. Two new horticulture colleges have been started in Rehli and Chhindwara in the state.
Three Horticulture Centres of Excellence are being set up in the Indo-Israel Project. Out of these, Citrus Centre in Chhindwara, Vegetable Centre in Morena and Floriculture Centre is being set up in Bhopal.
Minister Sachin Yadav said that the state government has decided to take the state from bad condition, in the field of agriculture, to prosperity. For this, every kind of help is being provided to the farmers at every step.