By Our Staff Reporter
Dehradun, 30 Jun: Uttarakhand BJP has thanked Prime Minister Narendra Modi for taking several decisions in the interest of farmers during the past 9 years. State President of BJP’s Kisan Morcha, Jogendra Singh Pundeer, held a press conference at BJP State Headquarters here today to express gratitude to PM Modi for announcing PM Pranam Yojana and announcing an increase in MSP of sugarcane. Pundeer claimed that these decisions have brought a smile on the faces of the farmers.
Talking to reporters about the PM Pranam scheme of the Union Cabinet and other announcements related to the agriculture sector, Pundeer claimed that the central government has done a commendable job by implementing these schemes to reduce the use of chemical fertilisers. Under these schemes, the states will also be encouraged to promote alternative fertilisers and reduce the use of chemical fertilisers. Apart from this, a budget provision of Rs 1,451 crore has been made in the Market Development Assistance Scheme, for which cow dung, straw, organic manure will be used to enrich the soil and keep the environment safe and clean. The existing urea subsidy scheme has also been extended till March 2025 with an investment of Rs 3.68 lakh crore, he reminded.
Pundeer said, keeping in view the interests of the sugarcane farmers, for the crushing season 2023-24, the central government has fixed the rate of sugarcane for the sugar season 2023-24 (October-September) at Rs 315 per quintal for the basic recovery rate of 10.25 percent. In addition, a premium of Rs.3.07 per quintal for every 0.1 percent increase in recovery above 10.25 percent and Rs.3.07 per quintal reduction in FRP for every 0.1 percent reduction in recovery has also been announced. In order to protect the interests of sugarcane farmers, the government has also decided that there will be no deduction in cases of sugar mills where the recovery is less than 9.5 percent. Such farmers will get Rs 291.975 per quintal for sugarcane in the coming sugar season 2023-24 instead of Rs 282.125 per quintal in the current sugar season 2022-23.
On this occasion, while enumerating the achievements of the nine years of BJP rule at the Centre, Pundeer also claimed that the nine years tenure of the Modi government has been golden. He thanked the Modi Government and the National President (MP) of Kisan Morcha Rajkumar Chahar and said that it is in the interest of the farmers to increase the minimum support price of Moong, Arhar, Paddy, Maize, and Urad Dal to improve the economy of the farmers. Sharing the welfare schemes run by the Uttarakhand government for the farmers, he said that the farmers of Uttarakhand are also moving forward in the field of agriculture and horticulture by taking advantage of the schemes. The Apple Mission scheme has been launched by the popular Dhami government to increase apple production in the mountains and reduce migration. Apple orchards are being planted on 80 percent subsidy. To save the apple crop from hail, anti-helnet facility is being provided on 80 percent subsidy, which farmers are making better use of. He said that to promote coarse grains and traditional crops, it has been decided to buy Mandua at the rate of Rs 35.50 per kg. Subsidy is being given on the purchase of agricultural machinery, as well as loans are being made available at zero percent interest under the agricultural loan scheme.
Dehradun, 30 Jun: Uttarakhand BJP has thanked Prime Minister Narendra Modi for taking several decisions in the interest of farmers during the past 9 years. State President of BJP’s Kisan Morcha, Jogendra Singh Pundeer, held a press conference at BJP State Headquarters here today to express gratitude to PM Modi for announcing PM Pranam Yojana and announcing an increase in MSP of sugarcane. Pundeer claimed that these decisions have brought a smile on the faces of the farmers.
Talking to reporters about the PM Pranam scheme of the Union Cabinet and other announcements related to the agriculture sector, Pundeer claimed that the central government has done a commendable job by implementing these schemes to reduce the use of chemical fertilisers. Under these schemes, the states will also be encouraged to promote alternative fertilisers and reduce the use of chemical fertilisers. Apart from this, a budget provision of Rs 1,451 crore has been made in the Market Development Assistance Scheme, for which cow dung, straw, organic manure will be used to enrich the soil and keep the environment safe and clean. The existing urea subsidy scheme has also been extended till March 2025 with an investment of Rs 3.68 lakh crore, he reminded.
Pundeer said, keeping in view the interests of the sugarcane farmers, for the crushing season 2023-24, the central government has fixed the rate of sugarcane for the sugar season 2023-24 (October-September) at Rs 315 per quintal for the basic recovery rate of 10.25 percent. In addition, a premium of Rs.3.07 per quintal for every 0.1 percent increase in recovery above 10.25 percent and Rs.3.07 per quintal reduction in FRP for every 0.1 percent reduction in recovery has also been announced. In order to protect the interests of sugarcane farmers, the government has also decided that there will be no deduction in cases of sugar mills where the recovery is less than 9.5 percent. Such farmers will get Rs 291.975 per quintal for sugarcane in the coming sugar season 2023-24 instead of Rs 282.125 per quintal in the current sugar season 2022-23.
On this occasion, while enumerating the achievements of the nine years of BJP rule at the Centre, Pundeer also claimed that the nine years tenure of the Modi government has been golden. He thanked the Modi Government and the National President (MP) of Kisan Morcha Rajkumar Chahar and said that it is in the interest of the farmers to increase the minimum support price of Moong, Arhar, Paddy, Maize, and Urad Dal to improve the economy of the farmers. Sharing the welfare schemes run by the Uttarakhand government for the farmers, he said that the farmers of Uttarakhand are also moving forward in the field of agriculture and horticulture by taking advantage of the schemes. The Apple Mission scheme has been launched by the popular Dhami government to increase apple production in the mountains and reduce migration. Apple orchards are being planted on 80 percent subsidy. To save the apple crop from hail, anti-helnet facility is being provided on 80 percent subsidy, which farmers are making better use of. He said that to promote coarse grains and traditional crops, it has been decided to buy Mandua at the rate of Rs 35.50 per kg. Subsidy is being given on the purchase of agricultural machinery, as well as loans are being made available at zero percent interest under the agricultural loan scheme.
