No farmer became helpless or committed suicide in UP in past 6 years: CM Yogi

Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath on Monday flagged off 77 tractors for farm machinery banks set up in cooperative sugarcane and sugar mill societiesToday 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 CM Yogi saidPrior to 2017 the states sugarcane farmers were compelled to burn their crops because of a lack of water for irrigation electricity and timely payment of their duesIn the previous six years no farmer in Uttar Pradesh became helpless and attempted suicide said CM YogiThe Chief Minister added We have freed the sugarcane farmers from the brokers clutches and today the farmers do not have to wander around in search of the slip because their slip arrives on their smartphoneHe said that the states 77 sugarcane committees are receiving tractors and other equipment today The happiness of sugarcane farmers will be doubled by receiving such a gift on the eve of HoliWe all know what the condition of sugarcane farmers was earlier Since Prime Minister Narendra Modi took office the farmer has for the first time been included in any governments agenda and has begun to benefit from the governments programs Every farmer who was previously dependent on moneylenders is now able to benefit from the Soil Health Card Kisan Bima Yojana Agricultural Irrigation Scheme and Pradhan Mantri Kisan Samman Nidhi CM Yogi saidMentioning that now 260 crore farmers in the state are taking advantage of the facility of the Prime Ministers Kisan Samman Nidhi he said Within the last three and a half years we have done the work of transferring an amount of Rs 51000 crores to their accountsAsserting that a farmer is just a farmer and has no caste creed or religion Yogi said We all know what was the situation in the state before 2017 There was no electricity and no water for irrigation We have now provided irrigation facilities to 22 lakh hectares of land Previously farming was considered a lossmaking venture due to a lack of water fertilizers and a fair market price for the productToday UP was going to create a new record in the country adding that sugarcane payments totalling more than Rs 2 lakh crores are now reaching farmers bank accounts for the first time Many states in the country do not even have an annual budget of two lakh crores he pointed out he addedAlso Read UP Double murders rose under socalled double engine govt says Akhilesh YadavThe CM went on to say that it is due to the efforts of sugarcane farmers that they are producing additional 10 tonnes of sugarcane per hectare Apart from this the area of sugarcane production has increased to 8 lakh hectares of additional land in the state todayIn contrast to the previous governments where sugar mills were closed or sold at throwaway prices we did not shut down any sugar mill and instead restarted the closed sugar mills Munderwa and Pipraich sugar mills were made functional again When the worlds sugar mills were shut down Uttar Pradesh still had 119 sugar mills operating said YogiHe emphasized that during the Covid19 period when sanitisers were in short supply across the country the government made sanitisers available at no cost to all municipal corporations in Uttar Pradesh via these sugar mills Along with this sanitisers were made available in 27 states across the countryThe Chief Minister stated that his government paid the sugarcane price on time and procured wheat and paddy at the higher minimum support price For this more and more purchase centres were established The instructions were clear as long as the farmers had crops the government would purchase them No farmer will have to wander around We have issued 284 licenses for the Khadsari units which has resulted in job creationThe Chief Minister said that maximum green ethanol is being produced in the country through sugarcane farmersPreviously our own money was spent in the form of terrorism against us under the name of the Petro Dollar But now ethanol is being produced in farmers fields in the form of sugarcane and soon it will be seen being used in the form of diesel and petrol he remarkedThe CM stated that Uttar Pradesh currently is the largest producer of ethanol in the countryToday our farmers are progressing by using mechanized farming Apart from this cofarming is being practised through FPO enhancing the fertility of the land as well as profits of farmers CM Yogi remarkedThe Chief Minister cited the example of a progressive Bijnor farmer who instead of selling his sugarcane to sugar mills makes vinegar and markets it abroadHe said that due to mechanized farming today the stubble is mixed with the soil instead of being set on fire contributing significantly to the farms fertility Farming is being advanced through mechanizationCM Yogi stated that 105 of the states 119 mills pay the sugarcane price within 10 daysWeve also put pressure on the remaining 1415 Where previously brokers were involved the slip now arrives on the farmers smartphone Those who used to exploit farmers have had their businesses shut down he addedSugar 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 occasionThis story has been sourced from a third party syndicated feed agencies Midday accepts no responsibility or liability for its dependability trustworthiness reliability and data of the text Midday managementmiddaycom reserves the sole right to alter delete or remove without notice the content in its absolute discretion for any reason whatsoever