Implement schemes for farmers: PM

Addressing a farmers’ rally here, he sought to hard sell the recently-launched Crop Insurance scheme, which he termed as a “protective shield”, and talked about various other initiatives including plans to launch e-platform for marketing of agriculture products in April. 

“Today, there are several challenges before the farmers... Is there no solution to these challenges? These can be converted into opportunities if you (farmers) help me and states implement the various schemes properly,” Modi said. 

Noting that the subject of agriculture is with states, he said “the states where some work has been done in the farming sector have witnessed progress. But in the states having the approach of chalta hai (let it happen) and election time pe dekh lenge (will see at the time of elections), the fate of the farmers has been left to the God. After God, there is nobody to help them.”