Prime Minister Narendra Modi
Attracting farmers not to stick just to wheat and rice crops, Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Saturday highlighted the significance of nutrition in our food and asked farmers to grow food that can be offered throughout the world.
“Reduce imports, produce foods that can reach the doorstep of individuals outside India,” Modi stated while releasing 2 significant plans with a combined investment of 35,440 crore over a 6-year duration. He stated pulses play a crucial function in offering protein to the vegetarian population, for which the nation requires to be self adequate.
“Though atta, chawal (in recommendation to wheat, paddy crops) are essential for food security, we need to move beyond it, as nutrition security is similarly essential,” Modi stated in his interest farmers to diversify into other crops.
Worrying that farmers have a crucial function to play in understanding the vision of an industrialized India (Viksit Bharat) by 2047, he highlighted numerous procedures taken control of the last 11 years for the general advancement of the farming and allied sectors.
Modi stated farm exports have actually almost doubled, foodgrain production has actually increased by 90 million tonnes (mt), and vegetables and fruits production has actually increased by 64 mt because 2014. He advised the audience that the current decrease in items and services tax (GST) rates has actually benefited rural India and farmers the most, with rates of farm equipments like tractors boiling down, even GST was released in 2017 throughout his period.
The 11,440-crore Mission for Aatmanirbharta in Pulses, authorized by the Cabinet on October 2, intends to increase pulses production from the existing 25.24 million tonnes (mt) to 35 mt by the 2030-31 crop year (July-June) and lower imports, which touched a record 6.9 mt in 2024-25.
The 24,000-crore Pradhan Mantri Dhan Dhaanya Krishi Yojana, authorized in July influenced by the success of the aspirational districts program, was likewise introduced by the Prime Minister to raise crop yields in 100 low-performing districts at par with nationwide average. There is no different spending plan for PM-DDKY, it will focus on boosting performance, promoting crop diversity, enhancing watering and storage, and making sure credit gain access to in those 100 districts by assembling different Central and State plans.
He likewise revealed the launch/foundation of 1,054 jobs worth 3,650 crore under Agriculture Infrastructure Fund, 17 tasks worth 1,166 crore associated to animal husbandry, 16 tasks worth 693 crore associated to fisheries and 17 jobs worth 808 crore under food processing.
Throughout the program, Modi dispersed certificates to 50,000 farmers licensed under the National Mission for Natural Farming, 50 lakh subscriptions in 10,000 Farmer Producer Organisations (FPOs), 38,000 MAITRIs (Multi-Purpose AI Technicians in Rural India) and computerisation of 10,000 multipurpose Primary Agriculture Cooperative Credit Societies (M-PACS).
Released on October 11, 2025
