Union Minister of State for Agriculture Mohan ji Kalyan ji Bhai Kundariya on Sunday said that a new agriculture policy is expected to be out in April, which will have provision for compensating farmers for losses due to natural calamities.
“A new agriculture policy is being framed which is expected to be out in April,” said tKundariya on the concluding day of 3-day Agri leadership Summit at Gurgaon. He said PM Narender Modi has given a formula to better the the financial condition of farmers. He said that the Centre is making efforts to increase agriculture production.
Haryana Governor Kaptan Singh Solanki who was the chief guest at the Summit on Sunday went around the exhibition. He interacted with the farmers and also congratulated them for doing innovations on their farms. later on, while addressing them, Solanki said that Haryana has emerged as sports power at national level, it has become hub of education and sends maximum number of soldiers in the defense forces and with hard work put in by farmers, Haryana will be a front ranking State in the field of agriculture as well.
He said, the farmers will have to implement in farms the latest researches done in the field of agriculture and understand the demands of the market. He also honoured 90 progressive farmers on the concluding function. Solanki said that he was told that out of 36 States of the country, farmers’ representatives from 27 states participated in the summit besides foreign representatives from 27 countries including USA which has made this summit of international standard.
On the occasion, the Union Minister of state for Social Justice and Empowerment, Krishan Pal Gujjar said that the Summit provided platform to the farmers and agriculture scientists to discuss various agriculture related issues and share their ideas.
“Now, time has come when the farmers should learn new techniques to earn more from less land holdings. They will have to learn food processing of agriculture products and have to replace chemical fertilisers with organic ones,” he added.
He said that the Central Government will organise mega camps for empowerment of physically challenged persons in all the ten parliamentary constituencies of Haryana. Gujjar also lambasted the opposition parties and said that those who have grabbed the lands of the farmers during their tenure, are now posing as well wishers of farmers. He appealed the framers to be vigilant from such posers. Punjab Agriculture Minister Sardar Tota Singh and Haryana minister of state for Cooperatives Vikram Singh Yadav also addressed the gathering.