In a bid to address concerns of farmers pertaining to seeds, including their quality, availability and cost, the NDA government at the Centre will make a special law, Union Agriculture Minister Shivraj Singh Chouhan said.
Addressing a Kisan Sammelan at Dangawas near Merta town of Nagaur district, Tuesday afternoon, Chouhan also assured of making another law for addressing the cheating on availability and quality of fertilizers and manure.
The Agriculture Minister said that there are plans to introduce two more important Bills in the next session of Parliament, one for the Seed Act and the other to prevent the use and availability of fake fertilisers and spurious manure.
He said that stringent penalties will be imposed on those who dupe farmers.
While highlighting the advantages and benefits of the VB-G RAM-G Act 2025 over the phased-out MNREGA, Chouhan said, “An important provision has also been included to ensure that if workers are not paid their wages on time, interest will also have to be paid to them”.
“It is not about workers, farmers; due care has also been taken to serve the interests of those who did manage and administer the scheme. For this, the administrative expenditure has been increased from 6 per cent to 9 per cent to ensure timely payment of salaries to employment assistants, panchayat secretaries, technical assistants and other staff,” he added.