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Varanasi-Prayagraj Project Infrastructure

EMPOWERING FARMERS

Criticising the Opposition and countering those who
spread confusions on the farmers’ welfare, Prime Minister
Narendra Modi said decades of deceit make farmers
apprehensive but now there is no deceit, “work is being
done with intentions as pure as Gangajal”

he Government is taking revolutionary
Tmeasures for farmers and the farm sector. For
decades, farmers were apprehensive about the
promises made by the previous Governments. present Government, the truth will come out
But now, the Government is taking steps and automatically.
ensuring that rights of farmers are protected. l Five years before 2014, pulses of around Rs
They are getting more income and are also free 6.5 Crore were procured from farmers. But in
from the compulsion of selling their products the subsequent 5 years, pulses worth about Rs
to any particular mandi. The Government is 49,000 Crore were procured, that is, about 75
constantly trying to make the situation better times increase.
for them. The Government delivered on the l In 5 years prior to 2014, paddy worth Rs 2 Lakh
promise of stopping the black marketing of urea Crore were purchased. But in the subsequent 5
and giving enough urea to the farmers. It also years, we have crossed Rs 5 Lakh Crore. That
delivered on the promise of fixing MSP at 1.5 equals to almost two and a half times more
times of the as per the recommendation of the money.
Swaminathan Commission. l The Government is spending crores of rupees to
A range of schemes are assisting farmers. modernise mandis. Why would the Government
However, there is a misconception among spend so much if the mandis and the MSP were
them. On November 30, while inaugurating to be dismantled?
the six-lane project of the Varanasi-Prayagraj l Assistance is being provided directly to the bank
section of NH-19 in his Lok Sabha Constituency accounts of more than 10 Crore farmer families
Varanasi, the Prime Minister re-emphasised of the country. So far, about Rs 1 lakh Crore
that he is dedicated for farmers’ welfare. have been reached to the farmers.
IMPORTANT TAKE AWAY FROM PRIME l The Government is also addressing the
MINISTER’S SPEECH: concerns of the families of farmers. The Prime
l New agriculture reforms have given farmers Minister expressed confidence that those
new options, legal protections and at the farmers who have some doubts on agricultural
same time the old system also continues if reforms today, will also take advantage of these
someone chooses to stay with that agricultural reforms in future and can increase
l Earlier, transactions outside the mandi were their income.
illegal but now a small farmer can take legal
action on the transactions outside the mandi (SCAN THE QR CODE TO HEAR THE
PM'S ADDRESS)
also. The New India Samachar in the October 1–15 issue
clarified the veracity and misleading facts related
l When you see the track record of the to the agricultural reform bill. You can read it by
visiting this link
http://davp.nic.in/nis/pdf/NIS%20English%20
October%201-15.pdf
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