Latest News | Himachal CM Launches Registration Form for Natural Farming

Shimla, Feb 3 (PTI) Himachal Pradesh Chief Minister Sukhvinder Singh Sukhu on Monday launched a simplified registration form to enrol farmers in natural farming during MLAs priorities meeting here today.

He said it could be filled online or offline by the farmers.

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Sukhu said that interested farmers could now connect with 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. This will give further impetus to natural farming in 2025-26 in the state," he added.

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The state government recently procured 398.976 MT of naturally grown maize from 1,508 farmers at Rs 30 per Kg, which is the highest Minimum Support Price (MSP) in the country. "A similar procedure would be adopted to procure naturally produced wheat in the ensuing season at an MSP of Rs 40 per Kg," he noted.

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