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Union Minister for Agriculture & Farmers Welfare, and Rural Development, Shivraj Singh Chouhan connected Saturday said that the Centre and Tamil Nadu authorities should enactment unneurotic successful paddy procurement to the payment of farmers successful the State.
He was responding to reporters’ query connected whether immoderate determination was taken related to the Tamil Nadu government’s petition to Centre, to unbend the permissible moisture contented for paddy procurement from 17% to 22% owed to rain. “We should not blasted each different (Centre - TN government). Instead, we should enactment together. In paddy procurement, the Centre has ne'er done arsenic overmuch procurement arsenic it has done before. The MSP (Minimum Support Price) of paddy has besides been accrued to springiness a just terms to the farmers, helium noted.
The Minister was present arsenic portion of the ongoing Viksit Krishi Sankalp Abhiyan (VKSA) – a nationwide run that celebrates India’s advancement successful agriculture and reaffirms the corporate resoluteness of ‘One Agriculture – One Country – One Team’.
He interacted with farmers astatine ICAR–Krishi Vigyan Kendra (KVK) present wherever farmers highlighted the request to supply MSP for integrated farming. “The signifier of providing escaped seeds for integrated farmers should beryllium restored aft it was stopped a fewer years ago. Also, capable grooming for farming successful integrated methods of cultivation should beryllium fixed regularly,” said P. Jothi, a farmer.
Mr. Chouhan said that the Tamil Nadu authorities should place eligible farmers successful the State to enroll them successful PM-Dhan Dhaanya Krishi Yojana (PM-DDKY) and different Centrally sponsored schemes that volition payment farmers. In this regard, helium said that helium volition constitute to Chief Minister M.K. Stalin to hole a database of eligible farmers, who tin beryllium added successful the strategy arsenic beneficiaries.
The erstwhile Madhya Pradesh Chief Minister noted that being a pulse-deficient State, Tamil Nadu should absorption connected expanding wide accumulation successful pulses done assorted centrally-sponsored schemes, utilizing improved varieties, absorption technologies, processing, and cent percent marketing. He besides appreciated pulse varieties released by National Pulses Research Centre of TNAU.
The Minister assured affected farmers that an adept squad from his Ministry volition soon behaviour a tract survey connected pests and illness faced by coconut farmers successful the region. “The Centre volition besides research the anticipation of establishing, promoting, and processing industries for mango to marque it remunerative for farmers,” helium said.
On the occasion, P. Kumaravel Pandian, Director, Department of Horticulture and Plantation Crops, R. Thamizh Vendan, Vice Chancellor, TNAU, and Shaik N. Meera, Director, ICAR- ATARI (Hyderabad), were present.
