Haryana Chief Minister Manohar Lal on Sunday said that the income of the farmer of the state is increasing continuously, while Punjab Chief Minister Bhagwant Mann during the meeting of the National Council underlined the need to make Minimum Support Price (MSP) for crops a legal guarantee. did. Policy Commission.
“Our agricultural growth rate is around 3.3% per annum. Productivity is high in the state, which is ₹1.57 lakh per hectare. The state’s growth rate is about 8.7%, while the country’s labor productivity growth rate is 3.3% – these figures show that the state’s farmer’s income is steadily increasing. The share of horticulture and animal husbandry is increasing in the agriculture sector,” Mr Lal said, adding that the use of latest technology and crop diversification is being promoted in Haryana.
In his address, Mr. Mann said that it is the need of the hour to give legal guarantee to MSP on crops so that the interests of the farmers can be protected. Also, MSP should be remunerative as the cost of agriculture has increased manifold and farmers are not getting the right price for their crop, he said.
Mr. Mann rejected the Committee on MSP set up by the Government of India and demanded that it should be reconstituted with the designation of “Asli Kisan” members. He said that the present committee is dominated by economists who have no knowledge about agriculture. He said that experts of agriculture along with all the stakeholders should be made members of this committee.
diversification of crops
Shri Mann said that there is an urgent need for diversification of crops to take the farmers out of the wheat-paddy crop cycle on one hand, while on the other hand it is necessary to save the depleting ground water level. He said that out of total 150 blocks, water level in 117 blocks is in dark zone in Punjab.
Himachal Pradesh Chief Minister Jai Ram Thakur said that the State Government is implementing Rs.1,010 crore ‘Himachal Pradesh Crop Diversification Scheme’ in all the districts. He said that during the last four and a half years 31,584 gardeners of the state have been covered under state sponsored schemes, while 4.15 lakh gardeners have been benefitted under centrally sponsored schemes. To double the income of farmers, 3,590 gram panchayats have been covered under the “Prakrit Kheti Khushal Kisan Yojana”, he said, adding that farmers have saved around Rs 9.75 crore by switching to natural manure instead of chemical fertilizers. savings.
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