BJP to launch mega drive to push PM Modi's message on organic farming
New Delhi, April 26: The Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) is set to launch a mega drive across the country to spread Prime Minister Narendra Modi's message encouraging farmers to switch to organic farming.
BJP Kisan Morcha chief Rajkumar Chahar will launch the Jan Abhiyan Yatra (people's movement) on April 28 from Bihar., in which he will lead a 5 km Yatra with the participation of around 2000 farmers from the Bakhtiarpur area of Patna district.
"In the first phase of this public awareness campaign, the Yatra will make its way through villages on the banks of the river Ganga in Bihar, West Bengal, Uttarakhand and Jharkhand," Chahar said.
The BJP Kisan Morcha will also organise Kisan Sammelans and Kisan Sabhas in order to educate farmers about the benefits of organic farming and the schemes of the Central government supporting it.
"It will be a mass movement. We will connect with farmers and inform them about the schemes of the Central Government related to organic farming. We will tell them about the support government is extending to farmers and how in the long run they will reap huge benefits from this," Chahar added.
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Chahar, the Lok Sabha MP from Fatehpur Sikri in Uttar Pradesh, went on to say that the Central Government had given farmers Rs 1,632 cores since 2015 to encourage them to switch to organic farming.
"From the financial year 2015-16 to 2019-2020, the central government has given funds worth 1,632 crores to encourage farmers to take up organic farming. Through the government support about Rs 50,000 per hectare is also being provided via different schemes for organic farming," he informed.
The BJP leader went on to say that Prime Minister Modi has repeatedly spoken about the risks of pesticides and imported fertilisers, urging small farmers to switch to organic or natural farming.
"He has also emphasised the perils of using pesticides and chemicals pesticides leading to increase in the input cost and impact on the health of human beings," Chahar added.
PM Modi had previously stated, during a webinar on the positive impact of Union Budget 2022 on the Agriculture sector, "We are encouraging organic farming because of which the market for organic products has reached Rs 11,000 crore. Organic exports have risen to more than Rs 7,000 crore from Rs 2,000 crore rupees six years ago."
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