Rs 7000-cr farmer relief proposals to be tabled in the House:

A day ahead of a special session of Madhya Pradesh Assembly, Chief Minister Shivraj Singh Chouhan today said that proposals to the tune of Rs 7,000 crore to provide relief to farmers in the midst of agrarian crisis, will be tabled in the House for clearance.
"Proposals amounting to Rs 7,000 crore in farmers' interest will be tabled in the House for clearance tomorrow," Chouhan told reporters here as the state government geared up for the day-long session.
"Our priority is to provide relief to farmers whose crops have been damaged due to scanty rainfall and other reasons in the state. For farmer's sake we have convened the session," he said.

The CM said that the state was working for turning agriculture in profitable business under which it is providing zero per cent interest loans to the farmers, among other facilities.
"The agriculture growth rate of MP has been excellent at over 20 per cent consecutively in last four years which is a rare feat," he said.
Congress Legislature Party (CLP) leader Satyadev Katare said, "We welcome the move of the ruling party to hold the special session, following our demand."

He claimed that the condition of farmers was so worrisome in MP that 2230 of them have committed suicide in last 7 months in the state according to a survey of Bharatiya Kisan Sangh -- a body of Sangh Parivar.

He said that had the MP government been serious, such a huge number of farmers might not have ended their life.
"The farmers are in distress since last three successive years due to crop failure. As the government has failed to address their woes, they are taking the extreme step," Katare alleged.
He said that the state government should come out clear regarding the relief amount it is going to receive from the BJP-led NDA government at the Centre for Madhya Pradesh farmers.
Katare said that though Chouhan and his Cabinet colleagues have had met Prime Minister Narendra Modi and other Union Cabinet ministers seeking help for the farmers, no relief has yet trickled in MP.

The previous UPA government had given adequate relief amount to Madhya Pradesh whenever the state faced some crisis, he added.