Union Agriculture Minister Shivraj Singh Chouhan participates in the Kisan Samman Diwas
Farmers and Rural Development Beneficiaries Conference organised at Council of Agricultural Research Agricultural Technology Application Research Institute, Pune, Maharashtra on the occasion of National Farmers Day 2024
13 lakh 29 thousand 678 houses have been approved for Maharashtra under Pradhan
Mantri Awas Yojana Gramin Plus (+): Chouhan
In Maharashtra, a target has been set to construct a total of 19 lakh 66
thousand 767 houses during the financial year 2024-25, with an estimated
expenditure of Rs 29501 crore: Union Agriculture Minister
Now, those who have two wheelers and telephones will also get the benefit of a
Pucca house under the Awas Plus scheme: Chouhan
The government has so far spent Rs 1166 lakh crore on various ongoing schemes
under the National Food Security Programme: Chouhan
Union Minister of Agriculture, Farmers Welfare and Rural Development, Shivraj
Singh Chouhan participated in the event of Kisan Samman Diwas and Farmers and
Rural Development Beneficiaries Conference organised at Council of Agricultural
Research - Agricultural Technology Application Research Institute, Pune,
Maharashtra on the occasion of National Farmers Day 2024 today. In his address,
Chouhan 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. Its survey work has been completed and is now under its final
list, these additional houses will be allotted in Maharashtra. His government
is working with the commitment that no person should be deprived of a pucca
house. 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 Rs 29501 crore. It is hoped 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
which has been given the target of constructing the maximum number of houses.
Addressing the gathering the Union Minister Shivraj Singh Chouhan said
that the government is making all-out efforts to provide the benefits of this
scheme to those people who have not got the opportunity to join the Pradhan
Mantri Awas Yojana or whose name is not in the survey list. He said that
earlier people who had two wheelers and telephones were deprived of this scheme
but now under the Awas Plus (+) scheme, all such people will get the benefit of
a house. According to the new survey, now people in the monthly income group of
15 thousand and those who are having more than five acres of unirrigated land
will also be able to get the benefit of this scheme.
He said that his government is very sensitive towards women 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.
Talking about the development of the agriculture sector, Chouhan said
that during the UPA government, the budget provision for agriculture was only
Rs 23 thousand crores, whereas during the tenure of the Modi government, it has
been increased to Rs 1 lakh 27 thousand crores. Apart from this, the government
has provided a subsidy of Rs 1 lakh 94 thousand crores under a total of 45
programs.
He has urged that we will have to gradually move towards natural farming
while maintaining the production quantity under the Natural Agriculture
Mission. Everyone will benefit from this in the offing. The government has so
far spent Rs 1166 lakh crore for various ongoing schemes under the National
Food Security Programme. The government is making continuous efforts to double
the income of farmers of the country. Recently, Prime Minister Narendra Modi
has dedicated 109 varieties of new seeds of 65 crops to the nation. This will
be an important part of natural farming. He said that this earth is not made
only for humans; it is made for all living creatures like insects and moths.
Calling to stop the indiscriminate use of pesticides, Chouhan said that it is
the need of the hour that we have to move towards natural farming and we have
to take this forward with full potentials. This will add value to our
production. The government is continuously working to increase the storage
capacity of farmers.
The Agriculture Minister said that we should develop such technology
which can irrigate more with less water. Stressing on reducing the cost of
production to boost the agriculture sector, Chouhan said that last year his
government had provided 1.94 metric tonnes of subsidy to farmers.
The Department of Agriculture and Farmers Welfare organised Kisan Samman
Diwas and Farmers and Rural Development Beneficiaries Conference at ICAR-ATARI,
Pune today on the occasion of National Farmers Day 2024. Chief Minister of
Maharashtra Devendra Fadnavis, several ministers of Maharashtra Government and
senior officials of the Department of Agriculture and Farmers Welfare attended
the programme.