Government holds meeting with farmers in Chandigarh
22 FEB 2025 9:38 PM
As part of the Government of India’s outreach to the farmers, the government held a meeting with the farmers in Chandigarh today, following the earlier meeting held in the city on 14th February, 2025. The meeting was held under the chairpersonship of Union Minister for Agriculture and Farmers’ Welfare, Shri Shivraj Singh Chouhan, who was joined by Union Minister for Consumer Affairs, Food and Public Distribution Shri Pralhad Joshi; and Union Minister for Commerce and Industry Shri Piyush Goyal. Cabinet Minister of Punjab Shri Gurmeet Singh Khudian; farmer leaders including Shri Jagjit Singh Dallewal; Secretary, Ministry of Agriculture and Farmers’ Welfare, Government of India; Secretary, Ministry of Consumer Affairs, Food and Public Distribution, Government of India; and other senior officers of central and state governments were present at the meeting.
Addressing the farmers, the Union Agriculture Minister Shri Shivraj Singh Chouhan said that the government is committed to the welfare of farmers and that the government has been making regular necessary policy interventions to address issues being faced by the farmers.
The farmer leaders reiterated their demand before the government and the government has sought the relevant reports and data they cited, which the farmer leaders have agreed to provide to the government. The government has assured that it will study the reports and data, based on which discussions will be taken forward.
Addressing the media after the meeting, the Union Agriculture Minister Shri Shivraj Singh Chouhan has announced that the talks between the government and the farmers will continue to be held with a positive approach and cordial manner and that the next meeting with farmers will be held on 19th March, 2025, at the same venue, i.e., Mahatma Gandhi State Institute of Public Administration, Punjab.
