Chief Minister Shivraj Singh Chouhan said that Madhya Pradesh Government is constantly active in the direction of changing the lives of farmers by making agriculture a profitable business and building a Atmanirbhar Bharat. Relief, support and encouragement to farmers will continue. Economic crisis does exist due to Corona, but if support is needed, farmers will be provided relief even if one has to be done by borrowing money. The security cover of farmers will remain.
Chief Minister Chouhan said that in order to make crop insurance scheme more farmer friendly and accessible, discussion will be held with Prime Minister Narendra Modi regarding its operation by State Government company and release of various grants directly into the account of the farmer.
Chouhan was addressing farmers at Minto Hall. On this occasion, Chouhan transferred insurance claim amount of Rs 100 crore of the weather-based horticulture crop insurance scheme under the Prime Minister’s Crop Insurance Scheme, by single click into the accounts of one lakh 72,000 farmers. An amount of Rs 2,000 each was transferred to the accounts of one lakh 75,000 farmers with a single click under Mukhya Mantri Kisan Kalyan Yojana. On Friday, this amount was released to 5 lakh 70 thousand 298 farmers.
About 77 lakh farmers of the state are to be benefited under the Mukhya Mantri Kisan Kalyan Yojana. The process of transfer of funds will continue. Chief Minister Chouhan said that farmers are provided with Rs 6,000 per farmer every year under the Pradhan Mantri Kisan Samman Nidhi Yojana. Along with this, the state government will now provide Samman Nidhi of Rs 2,000 each to farmers in two installments each per year. In this way, farmers will get total Rs 10,000 per year under Madhya Pradesh Kisan Samman Nidhi. Chief Minister Shri Chouhan also dedicated the “Seemaank App” created by the Revenue Department to make information related to land easily accessible to farmers.
The Chief Minister Chouhan held a detailed discussion with farmers on the provisions of the agricultural bills brought by the central government. Chouhan said that Prime Minister Narendra Modi is dedicated to farmers’ welfare. All possible assistance and opportunities will be provided to farmers. He discussed about other options being provided to farmers along with Mandi for selling crops, infrastructure development in agriculture and other provisions.
Chouhan said that Prime Minister Narendra Modi has provided Rs 7,500 crore to establish the identity of fruits and vegetables being produced in the districts of the State. Steps will be taken to improve the main agricultural produce of the districts under “Ek Zila-Ek Utpad” Yojana. For value addition, quality improvement, sorting, grading, packing etc. of these crops will be done in such a way under the Madhya Pradesh Atmanirbhar Krishi Mission, that the demand for agricultural products of the state will also increase abroad. Export clusters will also be established in the districts. Under this mission, low interest loans will be made available for agricultural infrastructure. This loan will be provided on priority basis only to farmers, Krishak Utpadak Sanghs and Krishak Sahakari Sanghs.
Welcoming the Chief Minister, Minister of State (Independent Charge) for Horticulture and Food Processing, Bharat Singh Kushwaha, said that the Chouhan (farmer’s son) is quite familiar with the actual condition of farmers. It is the result of his mobility and sensitivity that he has been seen standing with every section and person in the society in the difficult times of Corona. Minister Kushwaha urged the farmers to take initiative regarding chain fencing arrangement in the fields to protect their crops from stray cattle and wild animals.