NEW DELHI: About 4.09 lakh hectare area has been covered under natural farming in eight states since the introduction of a scheme in this regard in the current fiscal, agriculture minister Narendra Singh Tomar informed Parliament on Tuesday.
Out of the total area covered so far, maximum of 1 lakh hectares has been covered in Andhra Pradesh, followed by Madhya Pradesh (99,000 hectares), Chhattisgarh (85,000 hectares), Kerala (84,000 hectares), Odisha (24,000 hectares), Himachal Pradesh (12,000 hectares), Jharkhand (3,400 hectares) and Tamil Nadu (2,000 hectares), he said.
The government introduced the Bhartiya Prakritik Krishi Padhati (BPKP) as a sub-scheme of the Paramparagat Krishi Vikas Yojana (PKVY) in 2020-21 for the promotion of traditional indigenous practices, including natural farming.
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Agriculture Minister Narendra Singh Tomar emphasises on raising private investment in farm sector
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Last Updated: Mar 05, 2021, 10:09 PM IST
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Tomar, who is also the food processing minister, encouraged entrepreneurs to set up food processing units in the country, and assured them that the government will provide all possible help. He informed that the government is granting speedy approvals to the food processing projects.
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Union Agriculture Minister Narendra Singh Tomar on Friday stressed the need to increase private investment in the farm sector and asked entrepreneurs to set up food processing units. The minister was addressing a summit on Agriculture and Food Processing Opportunities in Madhya Pradesh organised by the Ministry of Food Processing, in partnership with ASSOCHAM and Invest India through video conference, according to an official statement.