Congress Working Only For Self-interest, Not For Farmers: CM Haryana
Report By Jag Mohan Thaken
14 November 2024, Chandigarh: Haryana Chief Minister, Nayab Singh Saini, alleged that the Congress party is working for its interests and not for the interests of the farmers. Taking a dig at the Opposition, he said the Congress is not able to digest the farmer-friendly policies of the government. For the Congress, which claims to protect the interests of farmers, their interests are paramount, not the interests of the farmers.
He said that seeing the farmer-friendly decisions of the Haryana Government and the arrangements made in the mandis for crop purchase, farmers of neighbouring states are also willing to sell their crops in the mandis of Haryana.
C M Saini said that in other states, farmers had to agitate to get their crops purchased at MSP, whereas in Haryana, the government made robust arrangements and every grain of the farmers’ crop is being bought at MSP.
The Chief Minister said the Haryana Government has made all arrangements for the availability of fertilizers. Congress leaders are working to mislead the farmers whereas the truth is that adequate stock of fertilizers is available in Haryana and its distribution is also being ensured properly.
C M Saini has requested that all the farmers not pay attention to any kind of rumors. He said his government is committed to ensuring a continuous supply of DAP in the state so that farmers do not face any kind of problem in sowing Rabi crops. Till Today, a stock of 23,118metric tonnes of DAP is available in various districts. Within the next two to three days, 9,172metric tonnes more DAP will be received in various districts of the state.
He said the DAP stock in the state is equal to the demand of last year. Last year, from October 1 to November 9, the consumption of DAP was 1,46,152 metric tonnes. This time, till November 9, 2024, 1,54,540 metric tonnes have been consumed. He said the Government of India has allotted 1,10,200 metric tonnes of DAP to Haryana for November. Apart from this, 71,281 metric tonnes of Single Super Phosphate (SSP) and 24,343 metric tonnes of NPK stock are still available in the state.
The Chief Minister said the state government has also worked for the interests of commission agents. “Our government has increased the commission of the commission agent from Rs 46 per quintal to Rs 55 per quintal. The additional burden of Rs 9 per quintal will be borne by the state government. The government has resolved all the problems of all rice millers in every possible way. A bonus of Rs 62.58 crore has been given to all rice millers till August 31, 2024, for delivery of CMR in the state. Apart from this, the matter of the out-turn ratio of hybrid varieties of paddy has also been placed before the Government of India.
Giving information about the purchase of Kharif crops, the Chief Minister said during this Kharif season 2024-25, 4,84,927 farmers are registered on the ‘Meri Fasal Mera Byora’ portal for paddy. The government has made complete arrangements for the payment of the crop. After the purchase of the crop, the work of transferring the money to the accounts of the farmers was done within 72 hours. He said so far, 50,46,872.45 metric tonnes of paddy have been procured in the state, in lieu of which an amount of more than Rs 11,296 crore has been paid to the farmers.
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