BJP Leaders Meet Agriculture Minister at New Delhi, Raises A number of Points Associated to Farmers of A & N Islands; Leaders Get Constructive Assurance

Tarun Karthick

Campbell Bay, 09 December 2022

Mr. Ajoy Bairagi, State President, Bharatiya Janata Party, Andaman and Nicobar Islands and Mr. Vishal Jolly, National Executive Member, Bharatiya Janata Party just lately met Mr. Narendra Singh Tomar, Hon’ble Union Minister for Agriculture and Farmers’ Welfare at New Delhi. The leaders additionally met Mr. Kailash Choudhary, Hon’ble Minister of State within the Ministry of Agriculture and Farmers Welfare.

BJP Leaders from Andaman and Nicobar Islands met the Ministers and mentioned a number of points associated to the farmers of Andaman and Nicobar Islands.

BJP Leaders mentioned the problem of non-procurement of COPRA on MSP at Andaman and Nicobar Islands. They requested the Ministers to take up the problem with the National Agricultural Cooperative Marketing Federation of India Ltd. (NAFED) and in addition with all recognised procurement companies.

BJP Leaders additionally requested that Arecanut be included as a crop insured underneath PM Fasal Bima Yojana.

They additionally requested the Ministers to facilitate allotment of land to settlers and different allottees who misplaced their land to river/stream financial institution erosion over time.

The Ministers patiently heard the problems raised by the leaders from Andaman and Nicobar Islands and after a prolonged dialogue, the Minister mentioned the problem with the involved authority of NAFED. The Minister instructed NAFED to right away type a workforce and convene conferences with recognised procurement companies for COPRA and chalk out a plan for procurement of COPRA on MSP from all areas of Andaman and Nicobar Islands. 

The Minister additionally assured that Arecanut would quickly be included as a crop insured underneath PM Fasal Bima Yojana.

The Minister additional knowledgeable the leaders {that a} committee would quickly be shaped for an in depth survey for correct evaluation of the land misplaced because of soil erosion.