Haryana Chief Minister Manohar lal on Monday said that with a view to facilitating the farmers in the State, ‘Gobardhan Yojana’ has been launched for the sale of organic manure and cow urine.
Manohar lal was addressing villagers at ‘Kisan Samman Samaroh’ organised in Nizampur village of Sonipat district where he distributed cheques of ‘Fasal Bima Yojana’ to farmers.
The Gobardhan Yojana would help in doubling the income of farmers and next time, MSP would be given with additional benefit of 50 per cent more than the cost of production, said he.
lashing out at the Opposition, the Chief Minister said the previous Government kept talking about implementing the Swaminathan Commission report, but never did so.
It is the present government which has done it. loans at affordable rates are being provided to the farmers and four per cent rate of interest was being borne by the State Government. Today, the Opposition parties have no issue to rake up, he added.
Manohar lal said during the tenure of previous Governments, farmers used to get cheques for Rs 2 in case of damage caused to their crops, but today cheques for up to Rs 5.5 lakh are being given to farmers. This has become possible due to the farmer-friendly policies pursued by the BJP Government, he added.
Farmers and agriculture top the list of priorities of the State Government. Crop Cluster Development Program has been started at a cost of Rs 570 crore to promote horticulture. As many as 1,940 clusters have been started under this programme where production of single crop is being promoted, said he.
The Chief Minister further said now, the loss of farmers would be borne by the State Government but the profit would remain with them. Earlier, sometimes farmers used to get more than their expenditure and sometimes not.
Keeping this in view, the State Government had launched ‘Bhavantar Bharpayee Yojana’ under which minimum prices of onion, potato and tomato have been fixed. The Central Government has also launched operation green scheme, said he.
Manohar lal said Pond Authority has also been set up for the development of ponds under which all ponds would be developed so that their water could be utilised for irrigation purposes.
On the occasion, he announced Rs 2 crore to resolve the pond and drinking water problems of village Nizampur, and gave the assurance that the demands of other villages would be fulfilled after checking their feasibility.