Haryana Chief Minister Manohar Lal said that all the new initiatives taken by the Central government and the state government during the last 6 years are in the interest of farmers. With the two new Ordinances – the Farmers’ Produce Trade and Commerce (Promotion and Facilitation) Ordinance and the Farmers (Empowerment and Protection) Agreement on Price Assurance and Farm Services Ordinance, 2020—brought by the Central government recently, the farmer can sell his produce not only in his state but also in the mandis of other states. Thus, under the contract farming, he can enter into an eagreement with any person or bank for his farm produce. Besides, now he will not be required to mortgage his land with the bank for the crop loan.
The CM was addressing a press conference in Chandigarh on Sunday. He said that steps are being taken to realise Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s vision of doubling the farmers’ income by the year 2022. For the last two years, Minimum Support Price (MSP) is declared before the sowing of crops, he said, adding that with this, the farmer can make up his mind in advance to sow the crop accordingly. He said that though the government would continue buying the crop in the mandis at MSP, in case the farmer gets price more than the MSP outside the mandis, then he can also sell his crop at a higher price. The gap in the price of crop would be compensated under the Bhavantar Bharpayee Yojana, he added.
