Odisha Chief Minister Mohan Charan Majhi on Thursday, 11 June 2026 lauded the agricultural welfare record of the Narendra Modi-led central government, saying that the past 12 years had opened a new chapter of dignity, security and prosperity for farmers across India. In the same post, he outlined complementary state-level measures his government has pursued to deepen those gains for Odisha's farming communities.

Context

Writing in Odia, the Chief Minister described Prime Minister Modi's tenure as having brought 'samman, suraksha o samruddhi' (honour, security and prosperity) to the country's 'annadaata' — the food-provider farmers. He specifically credited central programmes such as PM-KISAN, the Pradhan Mantri Fasal Bima Yojana, PM-KUSUM and e-NAM with delivering financial and social protection to cultivators. The post was tagged with the hashtag #12YearsOfKisanSamriddhi, signalling it as part of a coordinated BJP communication drive marking a decade-plus of central farm policy.

Majhi also invoked the hashtags #2YearsofLokankaSarakar and #2YearsofKrushakSamruddhi, situating the message within his own government's two-year anniversary in office. The BJP came to power in Odisha in 2024, ending a long stretch of BJD governance, and has since sought to align state agricultural policy with central schemes.

Policy Backdrop

PM-KISAN, launched in February 2019, provides eligible farmer families an annual direct income transfer of Rs 6,000 in three instalments. The Pradhan Mantri Fasal Bima Yojana, introduced in 2016, replaced earlier crop-insurance frameworks with a restructured premium-subsidy model aimed at broader coverage. e-NAM, also rolled out in 2016, created a national digital marketplace integrating state mandis to improve price discovery for farmers.

PM-KUSUM (Pradhan Mantri Kisan Urja Suraksha evam Utthaan Mahabhiyan) focuses on solar energy for irrigation, reducing farmers' dependence on grid power and diesel pumps. Together, these four schemes represent the central government's 'seed-to-market' architecture — a phrase Majhi echoed when he described policies designed 'bihana ru bajaar' (from seed to market) with farmer welfare at the centre.

Odisha's State-Level Measures

The Chief Minister highlighted the state's Samruddha Krushak Yojana, under which paddy is being procured at Rs 3,100 per quintal, as a key instrument for ensuring remunerative prices for paddy growers. He also cited the CM-Kisan scheme as an additional income-support layer for Odisha farmers, running in parallel to the central PM-KISAN transfers.

Majhi further mentioned the Shri Anna Abhiyan — a millets promotion drive — and a state-wide cold storage construction policy as measures designed to diversify cropping patterns and reduce post-harvest losses. He framed these initiatives as expressions of 'Odishara swabhimana o sankalpa' (Odisha's self-respect and resolve), positioning state policy as a proud complement to central efforts rather than a substitute.

Stakeholders and Impact

Odisha has a large agrarian base, with paddy cultivation dominant across its districts. Paddy growers stand to benefit directly from the enhanced procurement price under the Samruddha Krushak Yojana, while the millets push under the Shri Anna Abhiyan targets farmers in rain-fed and tribal belt areas where coarse cereals are traditionally grown. Cold storage infrastructure, if rolled out at scale, could reduce distress selling by giving farmers the ability to hold produce for better prices.

The Chief Minister closed his post with the phrase 'Krushak Samruddhiru Rashtra Samruddhi' — 'From Farmer Prosperity, National Prosperity' — framing agricultural welfare as the foundation of broader national development. This mirrors the BJP's consistent messaging that farm income growth is inseparable from India's economic trajectory.

What's Next

Attention will now turn to state budget allocations for paddy procurement operations and the pace of cold storage infrastructure deployment across Odisha's districts. The release of verifiable impact data on farmer income levels — combining central and state transfers — will be a key metric for assessing whether the policy architecture is translating into measurable on-ground change. The two-year anniversary framing suggests the Odisha government intends to make farmer welfare a central plank heading into future electoral cycles.