Union Agriculture Minister Shivraj Singh Chouhan thanked Prime Minister Narendra Modi for approving a Rs 38,000 crore fertiliser subsidy for farmers on Tuesday. The decision, made during a Cabinet meeting chaired by the Prime Minister, aims to support farmers during the current Rabi seaso
This announcement was made during a national discussion on the sugarcane economy, which was organised by Rural Voice and the National Federation of Cooperative Sugar Factories in collaboration with ICAR. According to Chouhan, this team will focus on the sugarcane policy of India.
Union Agriculture Minister Shivraj Singh Chouhan on Friday visited the flood-affected areas in Jammu to assess the crop losses faced by the farmers. He said that the central government will spare no effort in providing assistance to the farmers.
Union Minister Shivraj Singh Chouhan wished Prime Minister Narendra Modi on his 75th birthday and recalled meeting him during the BJP's Ekta Yatra from Kanniyakumari to Srinagar in the 1990s.
Recently, Chouhan attacked the Tamil Nadu government for allegedly not giving more than 5 lakh houses to the people under the Pradhan Mantri Awas Yojana (Gramin), despite receiving Rs 608 crore from the Centre.
Saying that injustice is happening to poor people, Minister Chouhan alleged that the Tamil Nadu state government has not given 2 lakh 15 thousand houses to the people, and additionally 3 lakh 15 thousand have not been constructed despite allocations in budget. The rural development minist
Addressing the gathering of farmers, officials and dignitaries in Patna, Agriculture Minister Chouhan said that with the help of the Direct Benefit Transfer scheme, the government is ensuring that the assistance reaches directly into the accounts of the farmers.