Madhya Pradesh Outshines Other States in Agricultural Production Under CM Chouhan

Bhopal: The Department of Farmer Welfare and Agriculture Development, Madhya Pradesh, organised a historic event to disburse the biggest corpus of funds for crop insurance, amounting to more than ₹ 7,600 crores via direct benefit transfer in the accounts of more than 49 lakh farmers in Madhya Pradesh. The event also marked the growth and development of the agriculture sector under the progressive leadership of Hon’ble Chief Minister Shri Shivraj Singh Chouhan for the past 15 years.

Speaking on the occasion, CM Chouhan congratulated the farmers for their relentless hard work and dedication to turning the vision of Atmanirbhar, Madhya Pradesh, into reality. CM Chouhan said, "You are the palanhaar of Madhya Pradesh. You are the ones who provide food for us, give us energy, and paint a beautiful future for us. The previous governments have neither recognised your contributions to the development of Madhya Pradesh nor addressed your concerns to bring relief. But in the last 15 years, we have launched policies focusing on the development and welfare of our farmer brothers and sisters. It is only when farmers prosper that a state or a nation prospers. I relentlessly worked towards making this a reality today."

Elucidating further on the steps taken by the state government to bring the benefits of the Pradhan Mantri Fasal Bima Yojana to the doorsteps of the farmers, CM Chouhan said, "We have successfully registered 4 crore, 43 lakh, 61 thousand, 570 farmers in the last five years after the launch of the scheme. We have seamlessly disbursed an aggregate claim amount of ₹ 16 thousand 750 crore (87 lakh to 73 lakh 69 thousand 614 farmers) for Rabi 2019-20. This is nothing short of a success of 93.41 per cent."

The state government is carrying out end-to-end computerization of crop insurance. The process of insurance unit determination is completely online by integrating with the land records. It is also using remote sensing technology to estimate the average yield from the field. The process of registration has been linked with the Aadhar card, so that an area can be insured only once, eliminating the situation of duplication.

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Due to strong political will and efficient implementation of central and state government policies, the Madhya Pradesh government has focused on a five-fold strategy for agricultural development, which includes: reduction in the cost of agriculture; increase in production and productivity; agricultural diversification; better product value; and disaster management in the agriculture sector. As a result, the efforts undertaken by the state government in the last 15 years, under the leadership of CM Chouhan, have led to an increase in agricultural production from 2 crores 38 lakh MT in 2004-05, to 6 crores 69 lakh MT in 2020–2021.

The occasion was graced by the presence of Union Agriculture Minister, Shri Narendra Singh Tomar, Agriculture Minister of Madhya Pradesh, Shri Kamal Patel, Betul MP Durgadas Uike, MLA Dr Yogesh Pandarkar, BJP District President Aditya Shukla Babla, BJP State Vice President Shri Pankaj Joshi, Kisan Morcha President Darshan Morya, and ACS Department of Agriculture and Farmers' Welfare, Government of MP, Shri Ajit Kesari, along with other dignitaries.