The Agriculture Department of the Government of Jharkhand is preparing to connect 15 lakh new farmers to the Kisan Samman Nidhi and 6 lakh other farmers in the second phase of the campaign.
Agriculture Minister Badal said that on the first anniversary of coalition government led by Chief Minister, Hemant Soren in the State on December 29 the State Government will announce loan waiver up to Rs 50 thousand to the farmers of the State and Kisan Credit Card (KCC)will be provided to all farmers in the State. He also said that from December 29, the agriculture department will have a major share in the State Government.
The Minister said this in Hazaribagh during the meeting with the departmental officials as well as local public representatives and farmers regarding the upcoming agriculture budget. During the meeting they discussed many issues regarding the agricultural field.
Badal said that in the coming time, the farmers of Jharkhand will make the state proud at national level.
Talking about Birsa farmers, he said that after providing training to one lakh farmers in one year farming will be started on the basis of advanced technology and Birsa farmers will be ideal farmers for the Country.
In a meeting organized by Hazaribagh District Congress, the party leaders said that the Congress has always stood with the farmers. The meeting was chaired by Congress District President Awadhesh Kumar Singh. Badal, present in the meeting as the chief guest, said that the Congress party has been standing with the farmers even before the independence of the Country and even after independence.
“Congress had organised the first peasant movement, Champaran Satyagraha in Bihar against the indigo plantation in 1917 under the leadership of Mahatma Gandhi. In 1918, the Congress, under the leadership of Mahatma Gandhi and Sardar Ballabhbhai Patel, performed the Kheda Satyagraha in Gujarat against the increase in rent on farmers. In 1928, under the leadership of Sardar Ballabhbhai Patel again, he organized the Bardoli Satyagraha against the oppression and increase in rent on the farmers.
After this successful Satyagraha movement, women conferred the title of Sardar to Ballabh Bhai Patel,” said Badal.
Speaking on the occasion as special guest Barkagaon MLA Amba Prasad said that after the independence of the Country, first Prime Minister, Pandit Jawaharlal Nehru gave agriculture a prominent place in the Five Year Plans. “To improve irrigation facility in the Country, Congress has constructed Bhakra-Nangal Dam in Punjab, Hirakud Dam in Orissa, Tehri Dam in Uttarakhand, Kallanai Dam in Tamil Nadu, Tungabhadra Dam in Karnataka, Maithon Dam in Jharkhand, Indira Sagar Dam in Madhya Pradesh, Sardar Sarovar in Gujarat Dam, Nagarjuna Dam and others in Telangana, made dozens of big dams,” she added.
Congress Hazaribagh District President Awadhesh Kumar Singh said that former Prime Minister Lal Bahadur Shastri while giving special emphasis in agriculture, raised the slogan of Jai Jawan Jai Kisan.
In 1966-67, the then Prime Minister Indira Gandhi started the Green Revolution with modern techniques and equipment to increase agricultural production, he added.