BJP’s State vice-president Aditya Sahu on Friday claimed that Global Agriculture and Food Summit was a huge success adding that ‘Unnat and dhawan kisan yehi hai Raghubar Sarkar ki pehchan (progressive and well-off farmer this is the uniqueness of Raghubar government)’.
He said after Gujarat, Jharkhand is the second State to hold global summit with an aim to link farmers of the State with modern technology. He added now Jharkhand is being identified for its farming, animal husbandry, fish farming and tourism apart for minerals, he said.
“It was not an easy task to bring 10,000 farmers under one roof for the summit”, he opined adding the event has created an environment favourable for farming across the country.
He added the State has witnessed high agriculture growth under the current government adding that at present only Madhya Pradesh is progressing at higher rate than Jharkhand.
He pointed out chief executive officer of Niti Ayog Amitabh Kant has praised the state for increase in agriculture production and said the organization of an agriculture summit shows the positive views of the government towards this sector.
Sahu said now the state government has set target to quadruple the farmer’s income by 2022. He added that providing cows at 90 percent subsidy, payment of the crop insurance and making available loans at zero percent interest are some measures taken by the government in this regard.
The State BJP Spokesman Pratul Sahdeo stated that the proposal to distribute mobile phones among 28 lakh farmers would be a step towards farmers to technology. He said government’s efforts to provide six-hour power agriculture feeder to farmers was a praiseworthy step.