Bhubaneswar: Odisha Deputy Chief Minister and Minister of Agriculture and Farmers’ Empowerment Kanak Vardhan Singh Deo urged the Union Agriculture Ministry integrate PM Kisan and CM Kisan, promote production of pulses in rice fallow land, to provide more subsidies on oilseed crops and natural farming on additional 200 hectares of land, and revise the norm cost per farm gate unit from Rs 25 lakh to Rs 6 lakh under Horticulture (MIDH).
He was speaking at the Kharif Abhiyan 2025 of the National Conference on Agriculture held in New Delhi. Principal Secretary Dr. Arabinda Kumar Padhee was also present.
This Kharif Abhiyan 2025 was held under the chairmanship of Union Minister for Agriculture Shivraj Singh Chouhan. Agriculture ministers from different states participated and discussed about the Kharif crops.
The Odisha Deputy CM Singhdeo also highlighted about the agricultural development of Odisha and various notable schemes implemented such as providing additional input assistance of Rs 800 above MSP to farmers under the Samrudha Krushak Yojana, cold storage policy, development of Food Production Organizations (FPOs) through Agricultural Production Clusters, supply of high quality tested seeds, management of rice fallow land, higher education assistance to the children of farmers under the Krushi Vidyanidhi Yojana, organic farming in 16600 hectares of land in 8 districts of the state through the Balabhadra Jaivik Chasa Mission, and use of organic rice under the Amruta Anna Yojana in Puri Shrimandir.
