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Every urban body in Chhattisgarh to have a 'Krishna Kunj'Chief Minister Mr. Bhupesh Baghel,

Raipur | 10-May-2022 99

Trees with cultural significance to be planted in urban areas

Banyan, peepul, neem, and Kadam trees will be planted

The Chief Minister has instructed all collectors to allocate at least one-acre land to the forest department for planting trees

The land where trees are to be planted will be called “Krishna Kunj”

Plantation of trees in all the Krishna Kunjs in Chhattisgarh will begin on the auspicious occasion of Janmashtmi

Unique initiative by the Chief Minister of promoting tree plantation as a public campaign

Following the initiative by the Chief Minister Mr. Bhupesh Baghel, Krishna Kunj will be developed in every urban area of Chhattisgarh. Medicinal trees like Banyan, Peepul, Neem, and Kadam will be planted in Krishna Kunj. The Chief Minister has given instructions to all the collectors on immediately allocating at least one-acre land to the forest department for tree plantation. On this year’s Janmashtami, trees will be planted in all the places in the state marked as Krishna Kunj.

The Chief Minister, while promoting tree plantation as a public campaign, said that India has an ancient tradition of worshipping trees like Banyan, Peepul, Neem, Kadamb, etc. These trees have gained their place in the cultural history of our nation because of their usefulness to man. However, the rapid cutting of trees in urban areas in the name of development is endangering the existence of these trees. If this situation continues for long, our future generations will be unaware of their cultural value. Therefore, every citizen must preserve the precious heritage of trees. It’s crucial to plant and protect trees of medicinal importance in urban areas.

The Chief Minister said that to connect tree plantations with every citizen and our cultural heritage, the areas of the plantation will be named “Krishan Kunj”. Efforts should be made to develop the land allocated to the forest department in such a way that tree plantations in all the Krishna Kunjs can start on Janmashtami statewide.

Chhattisgarh is a leading state in the country in terms of providing help to farmers: Agriculture Minister Mr. RavindraChoubey

Raipur | 22-Apr-2022 85

Farmer's delegation from Tamil Nadu paid a visit to Chhattisgarh to understand the implementation of farmer-friendly policies and programs of the Chhattisgarh government

Farmers are getting the highest price of paddy and sugarcane in Chhattisgarh

The delegation of farmers appreciated various government run farmer friendly schemes

Agriculture and Water Resources Minister Shri RavindraChoubey at his residence office today, met a delegation of Farmers from Tamil Nadu and held detailed discussions about the farming situation in Chhattisgarh and the schemes being implemented in the interest of farmers. Mr. Choubey said that Chhattisgarh has adopted numerous innovative agricultural measures that has resulted in the increase in the prosperity of farmers along with increased farming yields. Along with providing financial assistance to farmers, state government has provided farmers with numerous quality seeds, irrigation facilities, organic vermi compost that has started the trend of crop diversification which has encouraged the farmers to cultivate other cash crops as well. It is noteworthy that Sugarcane and maize are being cultivated on a large scale for which farmers are availing a very high income.

On this occasion, the Agriculture Minister gave detailed information about Chhattisgarh Government's farmer friendly schemes like Rajiv Gandhi KisanNyayYojana, GodhanNyayYojana, Rajiv Gandhi GrameenBhumiheenKrishiMazdoorNyayYojana and said that the objective of these schemes is to improve the economic condition of the villagers and farmers. He said that the landless agricultural laborers of Chhattisgarh are being given financial assistance of Rs 7,000 per year, which is more than the amount received under PM SammanNidhi. In view of the worrying situation of ground water level in Tamil Nadu, Agriculture Minister Shri Choubey suggested the delegation to adopt Narva Development Program of Chhattisgarh Government there.

It is worth mentioning that a delegation of Cauvery River Farmers Protection Committee of Tamil Nadu state had come to Chhattisgarh on a two-day stay to see and understand the implementation of farmer-friendly policies and programs of the Chhattisgarh government. After seeing the situation of agriculture in different areas of the state, the delegation met Agriculture and Water Resources Minister Shri RavinderChoubey to understand the detailed outlook of the implementation of such unique policies. On this occasion, the delegation presented the famous Black Rice and Organic Jaggery of Tamil Nadu to Agriculture Minister Shri RavindraChoubey.

Secretary of Agriculture Department and Managing Director of GodhanNyay Mission, Dr. S. Bharathidasan briefed about the state of agriculture in the state of Tamil Nadu and the efforts being made for the betterment of farmers in Chhattisgarh. The head of the farmers' delegation, Mr. SundarVimal Nathan, told that his team consists of farmers' representatives from different districts of Tamil Nadu, who are mainly engaged in the cultivation of paddy and sugarcane. He said that sugarcane cultivating farmers in Chhattisgarh are getting higher price than the state of Tamil Nadu. Shri Nathan said that his team has come on a visit to Chhattisgarh to know and understand more benefits being received by the farmers in Chhattisgarh. Shri Nathan urged the Agriculture Minister to organize a National Conclave of Natural Farming in Chhattisgarh. He also talked about making the farmers aware about the use of ground water in agriculture.

The farmers' delegation of Tamil Nadu witnessed the activities conducted by women self-help groups at the Multi Activity Center at Adarsh GothanNavagaon (L), Chherikhedi, located in Abhanpur development block of Raipur during their stay in Chhattisgarh. The delegation visited Kawardha district of the state and also inspected the sugarcane cultivation being done by the farmers there and Bhoramdev sugar factory.

Universal PDS: In Chhattisgarh, 2.5 crore people are getting ration at affordable rates

Raipur | 15-Apr-2022 66

Facility to take ration from any fair price shop in 25 districts of the state

12,314 fair price shops have an e-POS facility, 13,304 shops are operational

Raipur, Under the leadership of Chief Minister Mr.Bhupesh Baghel, the state government is working to provide food security to all citizens of the state. Taking the initiative, the Chief Minister had launched Universal PDS in the year 2019, on the 150th birth anniversary of Mahatma Gandhi. Under the scheme, ration cards have been issued to all the poor and the rich. So far, more than 2.5 crore members have been registered in the state through 69.67 lakh ration cards. In 25 districts of the state, the facility of purchasing rations from any fair price shop of their choice has been made available to the ration cardholders. A total of 13 thousand 304 government fair price shops are operating in the state, out of which e-POS machines facility is being made available in 12 thousand 314 shops.

Food Department officers said that according to the intent of Chief Minister Bhupesh Baghel, ration cards are being issued to cover 100 per cent of families including the deprived, poor and common families in the state. At present 69.67 lakh ration cards are in operation. Of these, 20 lakh 73 thousand 954 ration cards have been issued to scheduled tribes, 9 lakh 62 thousand 168 ration cards have been issued to scheduled castes, 32 lakh 73 thousand 937 ration cards are issued to other backward classes and 6 lakh 41 thousand 692 ration cards have been issued to general category. Under the Public Distribution System, 54 lakh 62 thousand 125 ration cards have been issued in rural areas and 14 lakh 89 thousand 626 ration cards in urban areas.

Officers said that 11 lakh 15 thousand new ration cards have been issued in the last three years, while the names of 5 lakh 52 thousand new members have been added to the ration cards. In the Kondagaon district from November 1, 2020, a pilot project is running under which fortified rice containing iron, folic acid and vitamin B-12 is being distributed through fair price shops to fight anemia and other nutritional deficiencies. Keeping in view the success, it has now been decided to distribute fortified rice in 12 aspirational and high load districts.