MP to hold 'Krishi Mahotsavs' to make agriculture profitable

With an aim to turn agriculture into a profitable venture, the Madhya Pradesh government today announced that it will organise and celebrate "Krishi Mahotsav" annually beginning this year onwards.
"We will celebrate Krishi Mahotsav every year from September 25 to October 25 and also in future with a target to increase not only agriculture growth rate but also to ensure that fruits of this development will reach those farmers who are at the lowest strata," State Chief Minister Shivraj Singh Chouhan said in his Independence Day speech at Lal Parade Ground after unfurling the tircolour.
"Through this Mahotsav, agriculture will be turned into a social revolution to ensure higher productivity and diversification in crop pattern," he said.

In the area of milk production also, the state's growth rate is 8.5 per cent which is highest in the country, he said.
Chouhan said the state has been bagging Krishi Karman Awards since last three years for enhancing agriculture production. The irrigation potential which was just 7.5 lakh hectare in 2004-05 has risen to 27 lakh hectare in 2013-14.
"We have set a target of raising this irrigation potential to 40 lakh hectare in 2018 as stated in the vision document 2018," the Chief Minister said.

The state has successfully implemented Narmada-Kshipra Simhast river linking scheme in a record time of 14 months and is now working on connecting Narmada with Gambhir river.

The government is also working on a plan to link Parvati-Kalisindh scheme to enhance irrigation potential of the state.
The state has achieved an economic growth rate of more than 11 per cent and has become a fastest growing state in the country, Chouhan said.
The government is also committed to develop rural infrastructure in villages and had prepared a master plan for each village and also taken steps for implementing it.