Shivraj Government Started A New Era Of Farmer Welfare

• Disbursal of the largest corpus of funds for crop insurance amounting to more than 7,600 crore, via direct benefit transfer to 49 lakh farmers of Madhya Pradesh
• Farmers are the ones who provide food for us, give us energy and paint a beautiful future for us: CM Chouhan
• Madhya Pradesh ranks first in the production of spice crops, third in vegetables, fourth in flowers and fifth in fruit production
• MP has bagged top spot in the production of pulses and oilseeds, and second in the production of wheat, lentils, maize and sesame

India News, Bhopal :

Madhya Pradesh has scaled newer heights of growth to become paramount in the field of agricultural development. Having received the prestigious Krishi Karman Awards, bestowed by the Government of India, seven times for record agricultural production and planning, today, Madhya Pradesh boasts of being the number one state in the country in the production of pulses and oilseeds. It also enjoys the top spot for the production of soybean, urad, while ranks second in the production of wheat, lentils, maize and sesame.

Shivraj Government Started A New Era Of Farmer Welfare

To celebrate the growth and development of the agriculture sector and to empower its farmers, the state government, under the leadership of Hon’ble Chief Minister Shri Shivraj Singh Chouhan, organised a historic event in Betul to disburse the biggest corpus of funds in the country for crop insurance amounting to more than 7,600 crore. The amount was deposited via direct benefit transfer in the accounts of more than 49 lakh farmers of Madhya Pradesh.
Speaking on the occasion, CM Chouhan Congratulated the farmers for working tirelessly to contribute to building Atmanirbhar Madhya Pradesh, and said, “You are the ones who provide food for us, give us energy and paint a beautiful future for us.

Shivraj Government Started A New Era Of Farmer Welfare

The previous governments have neither recognised your contributions to the development of Madhya Pradesh, nor have they addressed your concerns to bring relief. But in the last 15 years, we have launched policies focusing on the development and welfare of our farmer brothers and sisters. It is only when the farmers prosper does a state or a nation prosper. I relentlessly worked towards making this a reality today.”

Shivraj Government Started A New Era Of Farmer Welfare

He also extended his continued support in establishing new records in agricultural production and providing appropriate assistance to the farmers. Invoking the pledge taken by Hon’ble Prime Minister Shri Narendra Modi to double farmer income, CM Chouhan said, “In the last 22 months, we have deposited more than 1 lakh 64 thousand 737 crore in the accounts of our farmers via direct benefit transfer under various schemes on various occasions. This has never been done before by any other government before us.”

Shivraj Government Started A New Era Of Farmer Welfare

Due to strong political will and efficient implementation of central and state government policies, the Madhya Pradesh Government has focused on a five-fold strategy, which includes: reduction in the cost of agriculture, increase in production and productivity, agricultural diversification, better product value and disaster management in the agriculture sector. As a result, the efforts undertaken by the state government in the last 15 years, under the leadership of CM Chouhan, have effected an increase in agricultural production from 2 crore 38 lakh MT, in 2004-05, to 6 crore 69 MT in 2020-2021.

Shivraj Government Started A New Era Of Farmer Welfare

The occasion was graced by the presence of Union Agriculture Minister, Shri Narendra Singh Tomar, Agriculture Minister of Madhya Pradesh Shri Kamal Patel, Betul MP Durgadas Uike, MLA Dr. Yogesh Pandarkar, BJP District President Aditya Shukla Babla, BJP State Vice President Shri Pankaj Joshi, Kisan Morcha President Darshan Morya, and ACS Department of Agriculture and Farmers Welfare, Government of MP, Shri Ajit Kesari, along with other dignitaries.

Shivraj Government Started A New Era Of Farmer Welfare

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