Raipur 12 May 2021. Chief Minister Bhupesh Baghel has said that despite the Corona crisis, the interests of the farmers of the state will not be ignored and there will be no shortage in meeting their needs. Keeping in mind the Kharif season 2021, the state government is not only engaged in the arrangement of fertilizers and seeds according to the demand of the farmers but has also started getting these expeditiously stored in committees. In view of the demand for fertilizer and seeds for Kharif, so far about 45 percent fertilizer and 25 percent certified seeds have been stored in the committees. This process of storage of fertilizer and seeds will continue uninterruptedly. Farmers will be able to take fertilizer and seeds according to their requirements from committees.
Chief Minister said that farmers will need money for the preparation of Kharif 2021. Keeping this in mind, under the Rajiv Gandhi Kisan Nyay Yojana, the state government will transfer the first installment amount in the form of agricultural inputs to the farmers on May 21, which will help the farmers to prepare the farm as well as meet other agricultural needs.
Agriculture Minister Shri Ravindra Choubey informed that in view of the demand of 9 lakh 52 thousand 500 quintals for various types of seeds in the state for Kharif 2021, so far the availability of 6 lakh 87 thousand 32 quintal certified packaged seeds has been ensured, out of which Storage of 2 lakh 33 thousand 423 quintal seeds has been done in the committees. The quantity of seeds stored in the committees is 25 percent of the total demand. He informed that the target of various types of chemical fertilizers for the Kharif 2021 season is set at 11 lakh 75 thousand metric tons, against which 5 lakh 25 thousand 528 tons of fertilizer has been stored, in which 2 lakh 21 thousand 885 tons of urea, 90 thousand 402 tons of DAP, 39 thousand 314 tons of NP and one lakh 8 thousand 522 tons of single super phosphate is included.
So far, 22 thousand 940 metric tons of fertilizer have also been taken in advance by farmers from societies.
