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More than 18 lakh
          farmers will adopt
          natural farming
          Union Agriculture and Farmers Welfare
          and Rural Development Minister Shivraj
          Singh Chauhan said at the conclusion of
          ‘Viksit Krishi Sankalp Abhiyan’ that this
          year the government has set a target of   Social security coverage has
          natural farming on seven and a half lakh   increased by about three and a
          hectares of land in the country. During   half times in a decade
          the campaign, 2,170 teams of 16 thousand
          scientists were formed who went from      Guided by the vision of Prime Minister Narendra Modi of
          village to village and communicated       achieving ‘Sabka Saath, Sabka Vikas, Sabka Vishwas, Sabka
          directly with the farmers and provided    Prayas’, India has achieved a historic milestone in the realm of
          them with the correct information about   social protection coverage, recording one of the most significant
          the research. Scientific information was   expansions globally. According to the latest data from the
          given to the farmers, keeping in mind the   International Labour Organization’s (ILO), India’s social security
          climatic conditions of the area and the   coverage has increased from 19% in 2015 to 64.3% in 2025, an
          needs of the field. Farmers were informed   unprecedented 45 percentage point surge over the past decade.
          about the use of balanced fertilisers and   PM Modi praised this growth and said that this is the result
          pesticides. A major achievement of the    of the government’s public welfare-driven commitment. The
          campaign has been that more than 18       government’s welfare schemes are reaching maximum people. The
          lakh farmers have been prepared for       Director General of ILO praised India’s focused welfare policies
          natural farming in the country. During    for the poor and working class under the leadership of Prime
          the campaign, one crore 12 lakh farmers   Minister Narendra Modi and said that more than 94 crore people
          were communicated with. Dialogue          now come under at least one social security benefit. India now
          programmes were also organised at more    ranks second in the world in terms of the number of beneficiaries.
          than 55 thousand places.












                                                    Basic customs duty on imported
                                                    crude edible oils reduced to 10%
                                                    The Central Government has decided to reduce the basic customs
                                                    duty on crude edible oils - sunflower, soybean and palm oil - from
                                                    20% to 10%. The purpose of this change is to find a solution
                                                    to the increase in the prices of edible oils. Along with this, the
                                                    government has also asked the edible oil associations and people
                                                    associated with the industry to ensure that the full benefit of
                                                    the reduced duty is given to the consumers. This decision of the
                                                    government will not only make edible oil available to consumers at
                                                    a lower price but will also help in reducing inflation. The reduced
                                                    duty will also promote domestic refining. n


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