Seeds, fertilizers out there adequately for kharif crops: Chouhan

Union Minister of Agriculture and Farmers Welfare Shivraj Singh Chouhan addresses the gathering throughout the Nationwide Convention on Agriculture Kharif Marketing campaign-2025, at PUSA in New Delhi on Could 8, 2025.
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Union Agriculture Minister Shivraj Singh Chouhan has mentioned that the Union Authorities has reviewed the progress of the continued kharif crop season and the nation has enough shares of seeds and fertilizers to fulfill the calls for of farmers. Speaking to reporters after the Nationwide Convention on Agriculture for Kharif Marketing campaign, held right here on Thursday, he mentioned the assembly appreciated the choice of cancelling the Indus Water Treaty and mentioned it’ll profit the farmers in India.

Mr. Singh mentioned the acreage of cultivation of paddy throughout 40.73 million hectares throughout the kharif season of 2023-24 and it has elevated to 43.42 million hectares in 2024-25. “Rice manufacturing was 113.26 million tonnes in kharif 2023-24 , which has elevated to 120.68 million tonnes in kharif 2024-25,” he mentioned. Within the case of maize, the cultivation was in 8.33 million hectares in kharif 2023-24, which elevated to eight.44 million hectares in 2024-25. Maize manufacturing was 22.25 million tonnes in 2023-24 and it elevated to 24.81 million tonnes in 2024-25.

He mentioned complete meals grain space has elevated by 3.8% as in comparison with final yr, with main improve in rice and maize. Whole meals grain manufacturing in Kharif 2024 has elevated by 6.81% as in comparison with final yr’s kharif manufacturing. “Regardless of adversarial weather conditions, our meals grain manufacturing is constantly rising. The second estimate of rabi season can be very promising,” he mentioned.

Earlier, addressing the convention, he mentioned signing the Indus Water Treaty in 1960 was a historic mistake. “It was the misfortune of the nation and its farmers that 80% of the water of the rivers flowing by means of our nation needed to be given to Pakistan. Now, we have now cancelled this treaty after the Pahalgam terrorist assaults. Our farmers have the suitable over the water of the Indus River. Each drop of it will likely be utilized in agriculture, for energy technology and for improvement. Farmers of Punjab, Haryana, Rajasthan, Jammu-Kashmir, Ladakh and Himachal Pradesh will be capable of get extra water for irrigation,” he mentioned.

He added that the requirement of seeds for this kharif is 164.254 lakh quintal and the nation has ample amount of seeds of 178.48 lakh quintal. “We can present improved seeds as per the demand of all of the States,” he mentioned including that that enough preparations have been made for fertilizers similar to urea, Di Ammonium Phosphate and Nitrogen (N), Phosphorus (P), and Potassium (Okay) based mostly fertilizers for the farmers.