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Bhopal, October 17 (IANS) Union Agriculture and Farmers Welfare Minister Shivraj Singh Chouhan on Friday visited his parliamentary constituency Vidisha in Madhya Pradesh and reviewed development, farmer-related issues, especially fertilizers, during a meeting at the district headquarters.
Reviewing the compensation for loss of soybean crop in Vidisha, Union Minister Chouhan asked the district administration to conduct an authentic survey through crop harvesting experiment and send it to the Ministry of Agriculture through the Government of Madhya Pradesh so that the farmers can get the benefits of the Pradhan Mantri Fasal Bima Yojana.
The Union Minister said, “If the district administration sends authentic survey reports on soybean crop losses, I will personally move to ensure that farmers are compensated for losses under the Pradhan Mantri Kisan Yojana. I will also talk to insurance companies to help the farmers.”
Notably, the experiment of crop cutting under Pradhan Mantri Fasal Bima Yojana has been started by the District Planning and Monitoring Unit with the assistance of Agriculture and Revenue officials.
In this process, sample crop cutting is being done in the presence of insurance representatives as an experiment.
During the meeting with the District Collector and other senior officials, Union Minister Chouhan also took stock of the fertilizer and its distribution system in the Lok Sabha constituency.
He said the district administration should adopt a new method to ensure smooth distribution of fertilizers without forcing farmers to stand in long queues for hours.
The Union Minister said that farmers should not face problems due to shortage of fertilizers.
He said that the Madhya Pradesh government and the Ministry of Chemicals and Fertilizers should ensure that there will be no shortage of fertilizers to the farmers during the Rabi crop season.
The Union Minister also sought to know the availability of diammonium phosphate and other fertilizers in the Lok Sabha constituency and said he would talk to the Ministry of Chemicals and Fertilizers to provide adequate supply of fertilizers.
Union Minister Chouhan said, “I will talk to officials in Delhi to ensure that farmers get adequate fertilizers for Rabi crops. We also need to keep an eye on the distribution system and black marketing of fertilizers.”
–IANS
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