PM Modi reiterates Govt’s commitment to empower farmers to make them key drivers of self-reliant, developed India

Prime Minister Narendra Modi has reiterated the government’s commitment to empower farmers through innovation, investment, and market access to make them key drivers of a self-reliant and developed India.

PM Modi was speaking after inaugurating and laying the foundation stone of multiple projects and schemes worth over 42 thousand crore rupees in the Agriculture and Allied Sectors in New Delhi yesterday.

On the occasion, the Prime Minister launched two major schemes in the agriculture sector, PM Dhan Dhaanya Krishi Yojana and Mission for Aatmanirbharta in Pulses.

Prime Minister Modi said the two schemes are designed to usher in a new era of self-reliance, rural empowerment, and agricultural innovation. He highlighted the need to achieve rapid development and reforms in the country’s agricultural system.

PM Modi emphasized that the government has introduced comprehensive reforms from seed to market, in the interest of the country’s farmers.

He said these reforms were structural interventions aimed at making Indian agriculture modern, sustainable, and resilient.

Highlighting the government’s achievements, PM Modi said, the country’s agricultural exports have nearly doubled while the food-grains production has increased by around 90 million metric tonnes in the past eleven years.

PM Modi said six new fertiliser companies have been set up in the country, while 25 crore soil health cards have been distributed to farmers in the last 11 years.

Speaking on the occasion, Agriculture and Farmers’ Welfare Minister Shivraj Singh Chouhan said that with the next generation GST reforms, the government has provided relief to farmers by reducing GST rates on farm equipment.

He said the Prime Minister has always given the highest priority to the interests of farmers. Fisheries, Animal Husbandry and Dairying Minister Rajiv Ranjan Singh, who joined the event virtually, said PM Dhan Dhaanya Krishi Yojana will transform agrarian India through convergence, innovation and inclusive growth.

Dhan Dhaanya Krishi Yojana has been launched with an outlay of 24 thousand crore rupees with the objective of enhancing agricultural productivity, increasing adoption of crop diversification and sustainable agriculture practices and improving irrigation facilities.

The Mission for Aatmanirbharta in Pulses have been launched with an outlay of 11 thousand 440 crore.

It is aimed at improving the productivity levels of pulses and expanding the area under pulse cultivation.

During the event, the Prime Minister also inaugurated and dedicated to the nation projects valued at over 5,450 crore rupees in the agriculture, animal husbandry, fisheries, and food processing sectors, while laying the foundation stone for additional projects worth around 815 crore rupees.