Odisha Chief Minister Mohan Charan Majhi on Tuesday, 9 June 2026 highlighted the state government's two-year record on agricultural welfare, citing three flagship schemes aimed at paddy growers, small and landless farmers, and dairy producers as evidence of what he called the 'people's government' completing a successful term.

Context

Posting in Odia under the hashtags #2YearsofLokankaSarakar and #BikasharaDharaOdishaSara, the Chief Minister described farmers as 'the backbone of the state's economy' and said their 'all-round development and welfare remains the government's topmost priority.' The post marks two years since the Bharatiya Janata Party formed the Odisha government following its majority win in the 2024 state assembly elections, ending a long period of opposition rule in the state.

The message frames the government's agricultural interventions as 'epoch-making steps that have created a new chapter in the state's farm sector,' positioning the anniversary as a moment to account for rural delivery rather than political milestones alone.

Policy Backdrop

CM Majhi cited three state schemes by name. The 'Samruddha Krishak Yojana' is described as raising the minimum support price for paddy. The 'CM Kisan Yojana' is presented as delivering financial security to small and landless cultivators — a state-level complement to the central government's PM-KISAN scheme, which has provided direct income support to landholding farmer families since 2019. The 'Kamdhenu Yojana' targets the empowerment of dairy farmers.

The post invokes the BJP's 'double engine government' concept — coordinated policymaking between the central government in New Delhi and a BJP-ruled state — arguing that this alignment has not only given farmers 'financial self-reliance' but has 'strengthened Odisha's agricultural infrastructure and widened the path to prosperity.'

Stakeholders and Impact

Agriculture employs a large share of Odisha's population, and the state's farm economy is dominated by paddy cultivation. Small and marginal farmers, who own limited land or none at all, and dairy producers represent some of the most economically vulnerable rural households in the state.

The three schemes, if fully implemented at the scale implied, would affect millions of rural households across the state. Independent assessment of scheme coverage, beneficiary counts, and actual income effects has not yet been established in verified public records, and official evaluation data will be a key measure of whether the two-year claims hold up to scrutiny.

What's Next

Attention will now turn to Odisha's state budget allocations for agriculture in the coming fiscal cycle and any official audits or beneficiary surveys that quantify the reach of the three named schemes. The BJP's 'double engine' framing also sets an expectation that central scheme funds flowing into Odisha will be tracked alongside state outlays as a combined measure of rural welfare delivery. How the government translates its two-year narrative into verifiable outcomes will shape its political standing ahead of the next electoral cycle.