Prime Minister Narendra Modi will throw open 1.25 lakh ‘PM Kisan Seva’ facilities as one-stop centres for farmers to source fertilizers, seeds, pesticides, soil testing equipment etc. at affordable prices across the country in the first phase on Thursday, informed Union Minister for Tourism and Telangana BJP president G. Kishan Reddy on Wednesday.
In total, about 2.80 crore retail fertilizer shops will be upgraded into such centres in phases under this “revolutionary” initiative by the Central government. Farmers will be made aware of modern agriculture practices and about the schemes by the Central and State governments for their benefit in these centres, he said.
The Minister himself will be present at Shamirpet centre here for the inauguration, and about 4,000 such centres will be inaugurated across Telangana. He appealed to the farmers and public representatives to participate in the programme.
