Agriculture Minister Chandrashekhar Sahu said that the Chhattisgarh Government knows the value of the hardwork of farmers.
The Minister said that the sensitive Government of Chhattisgarh was with them in every step, whether it was for providing them loan at one per cent interest, supply of fertilizer and seeds in time, increasing production of their farms or procuring every grain of their products at support price. The Agriculture Minister, during his Vikas Yatra of Bundeli village in Mahasamund district, said that by providing Rs 270 per quintal paddy bonus to the farmers the State Government has done the work to bringing smile on the face of farmers. He distributed cheques, materials and ration cards to the beneficiaries of various schemes.
Addressing the Vikas Yatra programme, the agriculture Minister said that development of village, the poor and farmers was the first priority of the Government. The Government has not only been preparing new schemes for women, farmers and labourers of the State, but also ensuring effective implementation of it, he added. Giving information about the various schemes, the Minister appealed to the people to be aware of them and take full advantage of these schemes. He distributed Rs 1 lakh tendupatta bonus to 18 beneficiaries, on behalf of Bundeli Vanopaj Sahkari Samiti. Former MlA of Khallari Preetam Diwan also addressed the function. Pithoura Krishi Upaj Mandi president Premshankar Patel, Janpad Panchayat vice-president Bhekhlal Sahu, district panchayat chief executive officer Sourabh Singh, local peoples’ representatives and officers were present in the function.