"The Planning Commission was useless. At NITI Aayog, Centre and states work together"

"The Planning Commission was useless. At NITI Aayog, Centre and states work together"

Shivraj Singh Chouhan, Chief Minister of Madhya Pradesh for the past 11 years, is trying hard to woo investors, global and domestic, to his state. Chauhan speaks to Anilesh S. Mahajan on national- and state-related business issues.

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Reuben SinghReuben Singh
Anilesh S Mahajan
  • Nov 12, 2016,
  • Updated Nov 16, 2016 1:32 PM IST

It is not a fair analysis. Last year, our industrial growth rate was roughly 8 per cent. The global slowdown caused a production slump in MP, too, but now we have again gathered steam. Agriculture is certainly doing well and we are trying to provide greater support to our farmers. Our assembly has passed legislation to enable contract farming and we have sent it to the Union government for approval. Earlier, the law was such that if someone tills a piece of land for three consecutive years, he acquires possession of the land. So farmers never gave land on contract at all, or else did so without any written agreement. In either case, the farmer was the loser. The new law will enable giving land on contract without losing it.

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It is not a fair analysis. Last year, our industrial growth rate was roughly 8 per cent. The global slowdown caused a production slump in MP, too, but now we have again gathered steam. Agriculture is certainly doing well and we are trying to provide greater support to our farmers. Our assembly has passed legislation to enable contract farming and we have sent it to the Union government for approval. Earlier, the law was such that if someone tills a piece of land for three consecutive years, he acquires possession of the land. So farmers never gave land on contract at all, or else did so without any written agreement. In either case, the farmer was the loser. The new law will enable giving land on contract without losing it.

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