On being allotted the portfolio of Minister of Agriculture and Farmers Welfare and Minister of Rural Development, BJP leader Shivraj Singh Chouhan on June 10 said that the priority of PM Modi and the priority of the government is farmer welfare and that is why today he signed the first file, the decision taken by the Cabinet today to release Kisan Samman Nidhi.
"Under the leadership of Prime Minister Narendra Modi, work is going on for agriculture and farmer welfare and rural development work is also progressing rapidly...There is continuity. Better work in the last 10 years and our manifesto, whether it is farmer welfare or rural development, we have prepared a roadmap for it and we will take these works forward.