Yogi upbeat on steps to double farmers’ income
GORAKHPUR :Hailing Prime Minister Narendra Modi and the state government for taking series of steps towards ensuring doubling of farmers’ income, chief minister Yogi Adityanath on Sunday said the BJP governments at the centre and the state were working relentlessly for prosperity and progress of the agrarian community.
“Country and the state can be happy only when its farmers are happy,” said the CM while addressing a group of farmers at a programme organised by National Bank for Agriculture and Rural Development (NABARD) on Deen Dayal Upadhyay University campus.
He claimed that the long-pending ‘Ban Sagar’ Dam project, which was recently inaugurated by the prime minister, has been benefitting farmers in irrigation of fields.
Enlisting the steps taken to improve the income of farmers, the chief minister said that the dues of farmers are being cleared and their produce, including wheat and paddy, are being purchased at minimum support prices (MSP). “The government was planning to set up farmer produce organizations (FPOs), which deals with business activities related to farm produce, at each of the 823 blocks in the state, and later at every gram panchayat in,” said the chief minister.
He also congratulated NABARD for their role in promotion and nurturing of FPOs in the state. Chief general manager, NABARD, UP Regional Office Shankar A. Pande informed about the initiatives of NABARD for FPO promotion during the last three years.
The CM further asked the farmers to take up allied jobs with farming like rearing of cows to earn extra income.
He reiterated that the government will also pay Rs 900 yearly to those who choose to own and rear an abandoned bovine under Nirashrit Pashu Yojna.“We are also ensuring that stray cattle do not damage the standing crops of farmers.
For this, we have built shelter house for abandoned animals across state where we have put over 0.35 million bovines,” he said. State agriculture minister Surya Pratap Shahi claimed over 2.3 million farmers have been benefitted this year by different schemes launched by government.
ACTOR GOVINDA MEETS CM
Actor Govinda, who was in the city to attend a private programme met the CM at Gorakhnath temple on Sunday morning.
He also worshipped Guru Gorakhnath.
During the meeting, the CM told the actor about major projects undertaken in the city and the state and asked him to carry out film shooting in the state as part of state government’s initiative to promote cinema industry in UP.