LUCKNOW, Oct. 30 -- Chief minister Yogi Adityanath on Thursday said that agriculture and farmers' welfare had been brought to the forefront of national priorities since the Modi government came to power in 2014.

"Earlier, no one earlier cared about the health of the soil that feeds us, but Prime Minister Narendra Modi introduced the Soil Health Card scheme. Moreover, the PM Kisan Samman Nidhi has freed farmers from the grip of moneylenders," Yogi said while interacting with sugarcane farmers from across Uttar Pradesh at his residence.

"Previous governments neglected farmers, turning Uttar Pradesh into a 'BIMARU' state. Their mindset was corrupt and self-serving as they shut down and sold sugar mills, but we stopped this trend," the chie...