Punjab Newsline, Shimla, February 3-
CM Sukhvinder Singh Sukhu launched a simplified registration form to enroll farmers in natural farming in the State during MLAs priorities meeting here today. He said that it could be filled online or offline by the farmers.
The Chief Minister said the interested farmers could now connect with the natural farming easily by filling up this form. The registration forms, which will generate specific information about the land, crops grown, breed of animals kept by the farmers and some other details regarding training in natural farming, will be distributed amongst farmers in all the Panchayats in the State. He said this will give further impetus to natural farming in 2025-26 in the state.
Sukhu said that the State government recently procured 398.976 MT naturally grown maize from 1508 farmers at Rs 30 per Kg, which is the highest Minimum Support Price (MSP) in the country. He said that a similar procedure would be adopted to procure naturally produced wheat in the ensuing season at a MSP of Rs 40 per Kg. He said that one kilogram and five kilogram packets of the naturally produced maize flour are available under the brand name 'Him Bhog'.