Uttar Pradesh, March 6: Holi gift to sugarcane farmers – Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath flagged off 77 tractors for farm machinery banks set up in cooperative sugarcane and sugar mill societies.
Yogi stated that, "Today is going to be a historic day for the sugarcane farmers when on the eve of Holi, Rs 2 lakh crores will be sent directly to the farmers' bank accounts through DBT."
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He also stated that in the previous six years, no farmer in Uttar Pradesh became helpless and attempted suicide.
He said that due to mechanized farming, today the stubble is mixed with the soil instead of being set on fire, contributing significantly to the farm's fertility. Farming is being advanced through mechanization.
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CM Yogi stated that 105 of the state's 119 mills pay the sugarcane price within 10 days.
Meanwhile, Sugar Industry and Sugarcane Development Minister Chaudhary Laxmi Narayan, Minister of State Sanjay Singh Gangwar, Chief Secretary Durgashankar Mishra, Agricultural Production Commissioner Manoj Singh, Additional Chief Secretary Devesh Chaturvedi, Principal Secretary Home Sanjay Prasad were present on the occasion.