Due to the farmer friendly policies of Bhupesh government, the number of farmers selling paddy in the state increased from 12 lakh to 18.38 lakh in two years.
Raipur, 3 December 2020. If you look at the number of farmers selling their produce at minimum support price in MSP, this is more than 94 percent. Due to the farmer-friendly policies of the Bhupesh Baghel government, the state of Chhattisgarh has not only increased the acreage of agriculture in the last two years, but the people who abandoned farming as a non-profit business, they once again turned back to farming. Is for
In Chhattisgarh, where 76 percent of the farmers sold paddy on MSP in 2017, after the arrival of Bhupesh Sarkar it has shown an unprecedented growth and the figure has reached 92.61 in 2018 and 94.02 in 2019. This year 2 lakh 48 thousand 171 new farmers have also registered, so this figure is expected to cross 98 percent this time.
Paddy procurement has started in Chhattisgarh on support price from December 1. 21 lakh 29 thousand 764 farmers have registered to sell paddy in the state this year, the area under which paddy is sown is more than 27 lakh 59 thousand 385 hectares. In two years, the area under paddy selling has increased from 19.36 lakh hectare to 22.68 lakh hectare and the number of farmers has increased from 12 lakh 6 thousand to 18 lakh 38 thousand.
In the year 2017-18, 56.85 lakh metric tonnes of paddy was purchased in the state of Chhattisgarh at the support price. During two years, this figure of paddy procurement reached 83.94 lakh MT. Considering the number of farmers registered to sell paddy this year and the area under paddy, the support price is estimated to be higher than last year. Despite the lack of gunny bags for the procurement of paddy, the state government is engaged in its management.
Chief Minister Shri Bhupesh Baghel has waived agricultural loan of about 9 thousand crore rupees of 17 lakh 82 thousand farmers of the state and irrigation tax of Rs 244.18 crore outstanding on more than 17 lakh farmers for years. The Government of Chhattisgarh launched the Rajiv Gandhi Kisan Nyay Yojana from 21 May 2020 to provide the farmers their right and fair price for their produce. 5750 crore rupees are being given to the 19 lakh farmers of the state in four installments under this scheme. So far, direct assistance of Rs 4500 crore has been given to the farmers in three installments.
