Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Sunday addressed the nation via his month-to-month ‘Mann Ki Baat’ radio programme. In the speech, the Prime Minister hailed the function performed by Virendra Yadav, a farmer entrepreneur and resident of Haryana’s Kaithal village. Yadav has set an instance for disposing stubble and generating a profit from it via his efforts.
In the final two years, Yadav has sold stubble worth more than Rs 2.5 crore and produced a profit of around Rs 50 lakh from it, PM Modi mentioned. Before beginning the stubble business enterprise, Yadav was living in Australia. He returned to India two years back. Like other folks, stubble farming was a massive dilemma for Yadav also. He attempted to get the very best out of the stubble.
Through his efforts, Yadav showed a new path to resolve the stubble dilemma. With the economic help from the state agriculture division, Yadav purchased a new Straw Baler Machine. With this, Yadav began generating bales of stubble and then sold these to agro power plant and paper mill.
Yadav has earned a profit of about Rs 50 lakh in just two years. The Prime Minister also mentioned that the farmers who sold their stubble to Yadav also benefitted from him.
“Sometime ago, Virendra Yadav ji used to live in Australia. Two years ago, he came to India and now lives in Kaithal, Haryana. Just like others, the stubble in the fields was a big concern for him too,” PM Modi mentioned.
“To find a solution to stubble, Virendra ji bought a Straw Baler machine to make bundles of straw. For this, he also received financial assistance from the Agricultural department. With this machine, he began to make bundles of stubble. After having made the bundles, he sold the stubble to agro energy plants and paper mills. You will be amazed to know that in just two years, Virendra ji has traded in stubble in excess of Rupees Two and a Half Crores and has earned a profit of approximately Rupees Fifty Lakhs,” he added.
PM Modi urged the youths who are studying agriculture to move to regional and nearby villages and raise awareness amongst the farmers about modern day farming and new farm laws.
The Prime Minister also hailed the new farm laws and mentioned that reforms in agriculture have brought new possibilities to farmers. He also added that the reforms have bestowed new rights and possibilities on farmers.
The Prime Minister highlighted the function performed by Mohammad Aslam, a resident of Rajasthan’s Baran district. Aslam, who performs as CEO of a farmer producer organization, has produced awareness amongst farmers by generating a Whatsapp group comprising many farmers from the nearby places and on which he shares facts concerning the prevalent rates at neighbouring Mandis in the region.