Union Minister for Agriculture and Farmers’ Welfare, Shivraj Singh Chouhan, held discussions today in New Delhi with farmers, farmer organizations, and their representatives from various states. He stated that a range of farming-related issues were thoroughly addressed during the meeting. Chouhan informed the farmers about the cabinet’s recent decision to increase the Minimum Support Price (MSP) for Rabi crops and highlighted the efforts made under Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s leadership.
Farmer organizations discussed many important topics and gave many constructive suggestions. Farmers said that Model Agricultural Farming should be made in which information should be given as to how farmers with one, two or two and a half acres of land should do farming and how to do profitable farming in the same. Farmers also gave examples of farmers doing profitable farming in one acre farms. Farmers discussed about providing water, use of fertilizers, making the soil healthy, problems due to damage caused by natural disasters, closure of sugar mills and problems of stray animals etc. Farmers have also given suggestions regarding promoting millets/Shree Anna.
The Union Minister said that he will seriously consider the suggestions of the farmers and try to find a solution to them. The subjects related to the state government will be sent to the states and the departments will take action on the subjects of the central government. Communication with farmers is very useful and through this dialogue, we are getting information about the basic problems directly from the farmers. Government schemes are also being delivered to the farmers, he added.
Union Minister Shri Chouhan thanked and congratulated Haryana Chief Minister Shri Nayab Singh Saini for taking the decision to purchase all 23 crops at the declared MSP and applauded his farmer friendly decision.
(With inputs from PIB)
