Farmers Movement Archive

No confusion over farm laws in MP, says Shivraj Singh Chouhan

BHOPAL: Chief minister Shivraj Singh Chouhan has said that the state government has taken decisions so that the benefits of the newly-enacted farm laws are easily accessible to farmers across Madhya Pradesh. “Work is being done to get beneficial prices related to selling of produce to mills by farmers. The entire effort of the state government is that maximum farmers must get benefits. Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s intention to double the income of farmers will definitely be fulfilled. The farmers of MP are with the Prime Minister. There is absolutely no confusion among the farmers of the state regarding these laws”, Chouhan said on Saturday. Speaking in Sehore at the BJP district presidents meeting, Chouhan said that the form signed between the farmer and the crop purchasing company, trader or person, will be preserved as a document in the subdivisional magistrate’s revenue office so that the cultivator is not cheated in contract farming. He said that a proforma is being prepared for contract farming by the state government in which the farmer and representative of the crop purchasing company, trader or person have to sign and it will be kept safe in the magisterial office. Chouhan said that his government has decided that training will be held in all 313 janpad panchayats of the state to make farmers aware of the nuances of the new agricultural laws and to make the benefits of these laws available to the farmers. “Farmers will benefit by becoming aware of every aspect of the new agricultural laws”, he added. Chouhan said that the implementation of the farm laws has already started in MP as per the initiatives taken by the Central government in the interest of lakhs of farmers in the state.

The Times of India

2020-12-27

Bhopal