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A high-level meeting, chaired by Union Agriculture Minister Shivraj Singh Chouhan reviewed the wide information of the agriculture assemblage present connected Friday (March 20, 2026) aft caller incidents of dense rain, showers, hailstorms, and different adverse upwind conditions reported from assorted parts of the country. The gathering assessed the imaginable losses suffered by farmers.
A Government release, issued aft the meeting, said the Ministry discussed the contiguous needs of farmers, the process of security claims, and the functioning of alleviation mechanisms successful detail. Talking to reporters, Mr. Chouhan said the government’s absorption is not constricted to accumulation alone, but it volition scientifically measure harvest damage, decently settee security claims, and supply different timely assistance to farmers.
The gathering besides discussed argumentation measures, alleviation mechanisms, and sought to guarantee that the outreach of assorted schemes of the cardinal authorities are coordinated efficaciously astatine each levels truthful that farmers person timely and capable support.
Mr. Chouhan instructed officials to found connection and coordination with authorities governments truthful that harvest cutting experiments are carried retired properly, losses are accurately assessed, and security claims are prepared successful a close and technological manner. “If farmers person suffered losses, their security claims should beryllium prepared decently and scientifically truthful that we tin enactment our husbandman brothers and sisters,” helium said.
He said the India Meteorological Department (IMD) has indicated the anticipation of 2 much occidental disturbances successful the coming days. Mr. Chouhan said the procurement of wheat and paddy is acceptable to statesman successful the coming days. On pulses, helium said the Centre volition procure immoderate quantity is produced by farmers. “Procurement of pulses volition beryllium carried retired not lone by authorities governments but besides done agencies specified arsenic National Agricultural Cooperative Marketing Federation of India Ltd (NAFED) and National Cooperative Consumers’ Federation (NCCF), ensuring that farmers are not forced to merchantability beneath the Minimum Support Price (MSP) and are capable to person just remuneration for their produce,” helium said and aded that the Government expects a grounds harvest of wheat.
