Every farmer getting advantage of Rs 50k per 12 months; that is ‘Modi’s assure’, not simply promise: PM 

By PTI

NEW DELHI: The authorities is giving Rs 6.5 lakh crore to the agriculture sector yearly with every farmer getting a advantage of Rs 50,000 yearly in a single type or the opposite, Prime Minister Narendra Modi stated on Saturday whereas asserting it is “Modi’s guarantee” and never only a promise.

In what was seen as a veiled dig on the ballot guarantees made by Congress and different opposition events in current occasions, Modi listed advantages offered to farmers primarily within the type of fertiliser subsidy, foodgrains procurement and PM-KISAN and stated: “This shows what a guarantee looks like and what massive efforts are needed to change the lives of farmers”.

“The government is making sure that every farmer in the country receives around Rs 50,000 every year in some way or the other. This means, under the BJP government at the Centre, there is a guarantee that every farmer gets Rs 50,000 in various forms,” he stated whereas addressing the seventeenth Indian Cooperative Congress right here.

“Ye Modi ki guarantee hai. Aur maine jo kiya hai, woh bata raha hoon, vaade nahi bata raha hoon (This is Modi’s guarantee. I am only talking about what I have done and not the promises),” the prime minister stated.

“On average, the government is spending more than Rs 6.5 lakh crore yearly on agriculture and farmers,” Modi stated.

In the final 9 years, Modi stated the federal government has ensured the availability of fertilisers at cheaper charges in comparison with different nations, purchased massive portions of grains at minimal assist worth (MSP) and paid enormous quantities immediately into the financial institution accounts of farmers underneath PM-KISAN scheme, thus eliminating middlemen.

आज कैमिकल मुक्त खेती, नैचुरल फार्मिंग, सरकार की प्राथमिकता है। pic.twitter.com/fwl3aSu5Bk

— PMO India (@PMOIndia) July 1, 2023

Elaborating, the prime minister stated Rs 2.5 lakh crore have been transferred within the final 4 years immediately into the financial institution accounts of farmers underneath the PM KISAN scheme.

Under PM-KISAN, farmers get Rs 6,000 yearly.

“You can guess how big this amount is from the fact that the total agricultural budget for the five years before 2014 was less than Rs 90,000 crore,” Modi stated.

The authorities has additionally ensured that the affect of the rise in international costs of fertilisers doesn’t have an effect on farmers, he stated and added that this ‘Modi assure’ has been offered by the BJP-ruled central authorities.

Modi additional highlighted that farmers are getting a bag (45 kg) of urea at round Rs 270, which is far decrease than Rs 720 in Bangladesh, Rs 800 in Pakistan, Rs 2,100 in China and greater than Rs 3,000 in America.

The authorities has spent over Rs 10 lakh crore in the direction of the fertilizer subsidy within the final 9 years to make sure that farmers get crop vitamins at an affordable worth, he stated, and quipped “Isse badi assure kya hoti hai? (can there be a much bigger assure than this)?

Stating that the Centre has been critical about guaranteeing remunerative costs for farmers’ produce since 2014, Modi stated the federal government has elevated the MSP and in addition offered greater than Rs 15 lakh crore to farmers within the final 9 years by procurement of foodgrains at MSP.

He additionally knowledgeable concerning the current package deal of Rs 3.7 lakh crore for the fertiliser sector in addition to a rise in honest and remunerative worth (FRP) for sugarcane farmers at Rs 315 per quintal. The prime minister additionally talked concerning the function of cooperatives in making India self-reliant and a developed nation by 2047.

He requested cooperatives to develop into carriers of social and nationwide coverage as a substitute of politics.

Modi pressured that cooperatives ought to develop into a mannequin of transparency and corruption-free governance, and urged them to undertake digital instruments in an enormous approach. He known as upon cooperatives to work in the direction of rising the manufacturing of oilseeds and pulses and assist the nation develop into self-reliant in cooking oils.

Modi underlined that cooperatives have develop into an enormous assist system for small farmers in lots of components of the nation and therefore the federal government has determined to strengthen the cooperative sector to realize the purpose of changing into a developed nation by 2047.

As a end result, a separate ministry has been created with a separate funds allocation.

Cooperatives are additionally being given a platform precisely like that of the company sector.

Several measures have additionally been taken to strengthen cooperative societies and cooperative banks, together with a discount in tax charges, he stated.

Modi famous that by the Digital India marketing campaign, the federal government has elevated transparency and ensured advantages for the beneficiaries.

“Today, the poorest of the poor believe that corruption and nepotism have been eliminated in the upper echelons.”

He additionally pressured that the cooperative sector ought to develop into a “model of transparency and corruption-free governance” by selling digital methods within the sector as this may enhance transparency and effectivity out there moreover enabling higher competitors.

While greater than 60,000 PACS (Primary Agricultural Credit Societies) have been computerised, they now have to make full use of expertise. They additionally have to contribute to exports and scale back import dependency on pulses and edible oils, he added.

Stating that meals safety shouldn’t be restricted to self-sufficiency in wheat, rice and sugar, Modi stated India spends roughly Rs 2-2.5 lakh crore on the import of edible oil, pulses, fish feed and processed meals, and many others.

Cooperatives can contribute to creating India self-reliant in these commodities.

The authorities has centered on lowering cane-arrears by selling ethanol within the sugar sector.

Ethanol value Rs 70,000 crore was bought from sugar mills within the final 9 years, he stated, including that sugar mills had been additionally given a package deal of Rs 20,000 crore for clearing farmers’ dues.

Modi exuded confidence that cooperatives will develop into a strong medium of the nation’s financial supply within the new India.

He emphasised the necessity to construct villages that may develop into self-sufficient by following the cooperative mannequin.

NEW DELHI: The authorities is giving Rs 6.5 lakh crore to the agriculture sector yearly with every farmer getting a advantage of Rs 50,000 yearly in a single type or the opposite, Prime Minister Narendra Modi stated on Saturday whereas asserting it is “Modi’s guarantee” and never only a promise.

In what was seen as a veiled dig on the ballot guarantees made by Congress and different opposition events in current occasions, Modi listed advantages offered to farmers primarily within the type of fertiliser subsidy, foodgrains procurement and PM-KISAN and stated: “This shows what a guarantee looks like and what massive efforts are needed to change the lives of farmers”.

“The government is making sure that every farmer in the country receives around Rs 50,000 every year in some way or the other. This means, under the BJP government at the Centre, there is a guarantee that every farmer gets Rs 50,000 in various forms,” he stated whereas addressing the seventeenth Indian Cooperative Congress right here.googletag.cmd.push(operate() googletag.show(‘div-gpt-ad-8052921-2’); );

“Ye Modi ki guarantee hai. Aur maine jo kiya hai, woh bata raha hoon, vaade nahi bata raha hoon (This is Modi’s guarantee. I am only talking about what I have done and not the promises),” the prime minister stated.

“On average, the government is spending more than Rs 6.5 lakh crore yearly on agriculture and farmers,” Modi stated.

In the final 9 years, Modi stated the federal government has ensured the availability of fertilisers at cheaper charges in comparison with different nations, purchased massive portions of grains at minimal assist worth (MSP) and paid enormous quantities immediately into the financial institution accounts of farmers underneath PM-KISAN scheme, thus eliminating middlemen.

आज कैमिकल मुक्त खेती, नैचुरल फार्मिंग, सरकार की प्राथमिकता है। pic.twitter.com/fwl3aSu5Bk
— PMO India (@PMOIndia) July 1, 2023
Elaborating, the prime minister stated Rs 2.5 lakh crore have been transferred within the final 4 years immediately into the financial institution accounts of farmers underneath the PM KISAN scheme.

Under PM-KISAN, farmers get Rs 6,000 yearly.

“You can guess how big this amount is from the fact that the total agricultural budget for the five years before 2014 was less than Rs 90,000 crore,” Modi stated.

The authorities has additionally ensured that the affect of the rise in international costs of fertilisers doesn’t have an effect on farmers, he stated and added that this ‘Modi assure’ has been offered by the BJP-ruled central authorities.

Modi additional highlighted that farmers are getting a bag (45 kg) of urea at round Rs 270, which is far decrease than Rs 720 in Bangladesh, Rs 800 in Pakistan, Rs 2,100 in China and greater than Rs 3,000 in America.

The authorities has spent over Rs 10 lakh crore in the direction of the fertilizer subsidy within the final 9 years to make sure that farmers get crop vitamins at an affordable worth, he stated, and quipped “Isse badi assure kya hoti hai? (can there be a much bigger assure than this)?

Stating that the Centre has been critical about guaranteeing remunerative costs for farmers’ produce since 2014, Modi stated the federal government has elevated the MSP and in addition offered greater than Rs 15 lakh crore to farmers within the final 9 years by procurement of foodgrains at MSP.

He additionally knowledgeable concerning the current package deal of Rs 3.7 lakh crore for the fertiliser sector in addition to a rise in honest and remunerative worth (FRP) for sugarcane farmers at Rs 315 per quintal. The prime minister additionally talked concerning the function of cooperatives in making India self-reliant and a developed nation by 2047.

He requested cooperatives to develop into carriers of social and nationwide coverage as a substitute of politics.

Modi pressured that cooperatives ought to develop into a mannequin of transparency and corruption-free governance, and urged them to undertake digital instruments in an enormous approach. He known as upon cooperatives to work in the direction of rising the manufacturing of oilseeds and pulses and assist the nation develop into self-reliant in cooking oils.

Modi underlined that cooperatives have develop into an enormous assist system for small farmers in lots of components of the nation and therefore the federal government has determined to strengthen the cooperative sector to realize the purpose of changing into a developed nation by 2047.

As a end result, a separate ministry has been created with a separate funds allocation.

Cooperatives are additionally being given a platform precisely like that of the company sector.

Several measures have additionally been taken to strengthen cooperative societies and cooperative banks, together with a discount in tax charges, he stated.

Modi famous that by the Digital India marketing campaign, the federal government has elevated transparency and ensured advantages for the beneficiaries.

“Today, the poorest of the poor believe that corruption and nepotism have been eliminated in the upper echelons.”

He additionally pressured that the cooperative sector ought to develop into a “model of transparency and corruption-free governance” by selling digital methods within the sector as this may enhance transparency and effectivity out there moreover enabling higher competitors.

While greater than 60,000 PACS (Primary Agricultural Credit Societies) have been computerised, they now have to make full use of expertise. They additionally have to contribute to exports and scale back import dependency on pulses and edible oils, he added.

Stating that meals safety shouldn’t be restricted to self-sufficiency in wheat, rice and sugar, Modi stated India spends roughly Rs 2-2.5 lakh crore on the import of edible oil, pulses, fish feed and processed meals, and many others.

Cooperatives can contribute to creating India self-reliant in these commodities.

The authorities has centered on lowering cane-arrears by selling ethanol within the sugar sector.

Ethanol value Rs 70,000 crore was bought from sugar mills within the final 9 years, he stated, including that sugar mills had been additionally given a package deal of Rs 20,000 crore for clearing farmers’ dues.

Modi exuded confidence that cooperatives will develop into a strong medium of the nation’s financial supply within the new India.

He emphasised the necessity to construct villages that may develop into self-sufficient by following the cooperative mannequin.