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Agriculture Minister Surya Pratap Shahi said that the Uttar Pradesh government has fulfilled the Bharatiya Janata Party’s pledge for agricultural development as well as promises made to the farmers as envisaged in its ‘Lok Kalyan Sankalp Patra’, which was released ahead of the last assembly elections over four years ago.
“Our endeavour started with waiving loans to the tune of a whopping Rs 36,000 crore of 86 lakh farmers. It was followed by implementation of the ‘Pradhan Mantri Kisan Samman Nidhi’ and ‘Pradhan Mantri Fasal Bima Yojana’ to recognise the progressive & innovative farmers and provide an insurance cover for their produce, respectively,” he said in a statement issued here on Sunday.
Shahi said UP is continuing to set new records in agricultural production and food grain purchase in the country.
“From laying a strong foundation for agricultural development to making it a profitable sector and doubling farmers’ income, the BJP government has many achievements to boast of. In the last four years, the government has made a record payment of Rs 1,37,891 crore to 45.74 lakh sugarcane farmers, which is two times more than the payments made during the Bahujan Samaj Party government and one-and-a-half times more than those during the Samajwadi Party government,” he said.
He said that fulfilling the promise of development of agriculture, farmers and farm labourers, the Yogi government not only achieved record grain production and procurement but also made direct payments into the accounts of farmers within 72 hours, eliminating middlemen from the procurement process.