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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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