On the occasion of National Farmers Day, Union Minister of Agriculture, Farmers Welfare, and Rural Development, Shivraj Singh Chouhan, today participated in the event of Kisan Samman Diwas and Farmers and Rural Development Beneficiaries Conference organised at the Council of Agricultural Research – Agricultural Technology Application Research Institute, Pune, Maharashtra.
Talking about the development of the agriculture sector, Chouhan said that the Modi government has increased budget provision for agriculture up to 1 lakh 27 thousand crore rupees. He has urged that we will have to gradually move towards natural farming while maintaining the production quantity under the Natural Agriculture Mission.
Chief Minister of Maharashtra Devendra Fadnavis, several ministers of the Maharashtra Government, and senior officials of the Department of Agriculture and Farmers Welfare attended the program.
In his address, Chouhan also said that under the Pradhan Mantri Awas Yojana Gramin, plus, 13 lakh 29 thousand 678 houses have been approved for Maharashtra under the financial year 2024-25. In Maharashtra, a target has been set to build a total of 19 lakh 66 thousand 767 houses in the financial year 2024-25.
The total estimated expenditure for this will be 29,501 crore rupees. Mr Chouhan expressed hope that the newly formed state government will be able to achieve these targets within the stipulated time. Chouhan said that Maharashtra has become the first state in the country that has been given the target of constructing the maximum number of houses.
He said that the central government is very sensitive towards women’s empowerment. A target has been set to make 3 crore Lakhpati Didi across the country. So far, 1.15 crore sisters have been made Lakhpati Didi because women’s self-help groups play a major role in India’s economy.
In his address, Devendra Fadnavis said that, in the next year, the natural farming area in Maharashtra will be taken up to 25 lakh hectares. For this, there is a need to enrich agriculture through science and technology.
He thanked Prime Minister Narendra Modi and Union Minister Shivraj Singh Chouhan for sanctioning 20 lakh new houses for Maharashtra under the Pradhan Mantri Awas Yojana Hon.
