Team News Riveting
Bhopal, December 22
A high-level committee will be constituted in Madhya Pradesh to encourage the production of millets in the state.
Chief Minister Dr Mohan Yadav has suggested that a committee of agricultural experts and departmental officers should be formed and an action plan be made to encourage the production of coarse grains i.e. millets in the state as intended by Prime Minister Narendra Modi.
Farmer representatives should also be compulsorily included in the committee. The Chief Minister gave the instructions during the review meeting of the Agriculture Department on Sunday at Samatva Bhawan, Chief Minister’s residence.
Dr Yadav said that producing coarse grains would reduce the cost of harvesting crops and increase farmers’ income. The initiative will help improve the socio-economic status of farmers and establish farming as a profitable business.
The Chief Minister said that farmers should also be motivated to increase the production of oilseeds and pulses in the state. For this, farmers should be guided about new agricultural techniques, improved seeds, appropriate fertilizers, and pesticides.
The officials informed in the meeting that the area covered under paddy in the state is 36 lakh 33 thousand hectares and 7 lakh 76 thousand farmers are registered for procurement. In the meeting.
Chief Secretary Anurag Jain, Additional Chief Secretary Dr Rajesh Rajoura and officials concerned were present in the meeting.
