It has been announced by the Union Agriculture Minister Narendra Singh Tomar that free seeds will be provided to the farmers of about one-third of the districts of the country. These seeds will be of oilseed crops of Kharif season.
Let us inform that under this scheme, discussions were going on on behalf of the Central Government with the State Governments since April. Now news has come that farmers will be able to take advantage of this scheme in 41 districts of Madhya Pradesh, Maharashtra, Rajasthan, Karnataka, Telangana, Gujarat and Chhattisgarh. These free seeds will be used for sowing oilseed crops in about 1.47 lakh hectares of land.
Source: Krishi Jagran
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