Shivraj Chouhan asks states to ensure full saturation of farm schemes

Union Agriculture Minister Shivraj Singh Chouhan on Saturday asked states to achieve 100 per cent saturation under the Digital Agriculture Mission and the Pulses Self-Reliance Mission, stressing that scheme benefits must reflect "in the fields and farmers' pockets", not merely in official reports.

Addressing a national conference at Pusa, Chouhan said state governments that executed the schemes with seriousness exceeded 100 per cent of their targets, while others lagged.

He asked all states to work within committed timelines.

The minister said the Farmer ID, under which payments are credited directly to farmers' bank accounts, is a key transparency measure.

Citing Maharashtra and Chhattisgarh, he said the Centre had already released funds to generate Farmer IDs and conduct camps, but cautioned that meeting the one-month turnaround for IDs would require camps to run without fund diversion.

According to data shared at the conference, 10.41 crore Farmer IDs have been generated so far