Overview
- Addressing a farmer meet in Sirsala, Beed, the Union agriculture minister said every rupee due under the crop insurance scheme would reach claimants, with immediate state compensation and possible NDRF support for recent rain losses.
- He urged a shift beyond soybean and cotton into fruits, flowers and organic farming and encouraged integrated models that add income from beekeeping, fisheries and animal husbandry.
- Chouhan said direct transfer of seed subsidy to farmers' bank accounts is under government consideration, aligning with ongoing direct-benefit transfer reforms.
- He proposed enabling government agencies to channel produce directly to major urban markets to narrow the rural–urban price gap for farm goods.
- He warned of action against spurious fertilisers, seeds and pesticides and said a bill targeting such practices would be introduced in the upcoming Budget Session.