Devendra Fadnavis to head chief ministers' panel on agriculture reform

The decision to form the panel was taken by Prime Minister Narendra Modi in the fifth meeting of the NITI Aayog governing council last month

Maharashtra Chief Minister Devendra Fadnavis will be the convenor of the high-powered committee of chief ministers tasked with suggesting ways to undertake structural reforms in agriculture to boost farmers’ income. The committee will submit its report in the next two months.

According to an official statement, the panel will also consist of chief ministers of Karnataka (H D Kumaraswamy), Haryana (Manohar Lal Khattar), Arunachal Pradesh (Pema Khandu), Gujarat (Vijay Rupani), Uttar Pradesh (Yogi Adityanath) and Madhya Pradesh (Kamal Nath). Union minister for agriculture and rural development Narendra Singh Tomar is also a part of the team.

NITI Aayog's Ramesh Chand