Farmer prosperity sits at the heart of the Chhattisgarh government's agenda — and the Chief Minister's Office of Chhattisgarh made that point emphatically on Saturday, 14 November 2026, spotlighting how Krishak Unnati Yojana is reshaping agricultural livelihoods under Chief Minister Vishnu Deo Sai.

The CMO's post, written in Hindi, declared: 'किसानों की खुशहाली और समृद्धि सुशासन सरकार की प्राथमिकता है' ('Farmer happiness and prosperity is the priority of the good-governance government'). It described Krishak Unnati Yojana as providing economic support to farmers — the annadata, or bread-givers — through higher input assistance, crop diversification, and promotion of Shri Anna (millets).

What Krishak Unnati Yojana does for farmers

Krishak Unnati Yojana is a state-level scheme designed to raise farm incomes by channelling direct input subsidies, nudging farmers away from mono-cropping, and incentivising the cultivation of millets. The CMO described the scheme as a vehicle for making agriculture in the state 'more prosperous' — a goal that connects squarely to CM Sai's broader pitch of sushasan (good governance) since he took office in December 2023 following the BJP's assembly election victory.

Chhattisgarh has traditionally been a paddy-dominant state, with a large rural population whose fortunes track the kharif harvest. Diversifying that base — into millets and other crops — reduces weather risk and opens new income streams for smallholders who form the backbone of the state economy.

Millet push and the national policy tailwind

The emphasis on Shri Anna (millets) is not accidental. The International Year of Millets in 2023 gave national policy a strong millet-promotion mandate, and state governments across India have since rolled out schemes aligning with that thrust. Chhattisgarh's focus on millet production under Krishak Unnati Yojana slots into that larger arc — giving the state a chance to position itself as a millet-surplus producer while simultaneously improving the nutritional and economic resilience of its farmers.

From Rajiv Gandhi Kisan Nyay to a new framework

Chhattisgarh is no stranger to ambitious farmer-support architecture. The state had earlier piloted the Rajiv Gandhi Kisan Nyay Yojana from 2019, which delivered direct cash transfers to cultivators. The current administration's Krishak Unnati Yojana represents the new government's own imprint on that legacy — keeping the direct-benefit instinct but layering in a supply-side push toward diversification and value-added crops.

What to watch: how quickly the input-assistance increases translate into measurable uptake of diversified crops across the upcoming kharif seasons, and whether millet acreage in the state climbs in independent agricultural surveys.