Ahead of the completion of 11 years of the NDA authorities connected June 9, Prime Minister Narendra Modi connected Saturday lauded India’s hard-working farmers and pledged to proceed backing them.
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“It’s our privilege to service our hardworking farmers. For the past 11 years, our assorted initiatives person boosted prosperity for farmers and besides ensured an wide translation of the agriculture sector. We person focused connected issues similar ungraded wellness and irrigation, which person been greatly beneficial. Our efforts towards husbandman payment volition proceed with greater vigour successful the times to come,” helium said.
The authorities released information to amusement an summation successful the MSP enactment to farmers arsenic compared to the Congress-led UPA. The request for statutory backing to the MSP has agitated farmers crossed Punjab and Haryana for amended portion of the past 5 years, starting with a large farmers’ agitation that led to the government’s retraction of 3 cultivation betterment bills.
The authorities said betwixt 2014-15 and 2024-25, procurement of 14 kharif crops was 7,871 lakh metric tonnes arsenic against 4,679 LMT from 2004-05 to 2013-14.
“The MSP for wheat roseate from Rs 1,400 per quintal successful 2013–14 to Rs 2,425 per quintal successful 2024–25, ensuring amended returns for wheat growers. A full of Rs 6.04 lakh crore has been disbursed arsenic MSP payments for wheat during 2014–2024, a important emergence compared to Rs 2.2 lakh crore paid during 2004–2014,” the authorities said.
It added that MSP for paddy accrued from Rs 1,310 per quintal successful 2013–14 to Rs 2,369 per quintal successful 2025–26, benefiting millions of paddy farmers. “During the play 2014-15 to 2024-25, procurement of paddy was 7,608 LMT portion during the play 2004-05 to 2013-14, procurement of paddy was 4,590 LMT. During 2014-15 to 2024-25, MSP magnitude paid to paddy increasing famers was Rs 14.16 lakh crore portion during the play 2004-05 to 2013-14, magnitude paid to farmers was Rs 4.44 lakh crore,” officials said.
The authorities said pulses assemblage had seen a important turnaround successful the past 11 years. “Previously marked by debased cultivation, constricted procurement, precocious import dependence and elevated user prices, the assemblage present exhibits accrued cultivation, important procurement driven by higher MSPs, reduced import reliance, and improved terms stableness for consumers,” said officials.
“Procurement of pulses witnessed a important summation of 7,350%, rising from 1.52 lakh metric tonnes (LMT) during 2009–2014 to 82.98 LMT during 2020–2025. Oilseeds procurement astatine MSP roseate by implicit 1,500% successful the past 11 years, reflecting the government’s beardown enactment for farmers,” said the government.
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