NEW DELHI: Just a day before thousands of farmers from different states to kick-start their 13-day rally from Mandsaur in Madhya Pradesh to Delhi demanding loan waiver and remunerative prices of their produce, the Centre on Wednesday reviewed its flagship programmes and asked states to work on proposed agri-market reforms and implement it on the ground.The rally, ' Kisan Mukti Yatra ', meant to highlight farmers' problems on the ground, will be launched from Mandsaur on Thursday. It will pass through different districts of Maharashtra, Gujarat, Rajasthan, Uttar Pradesh and Haryana before culminating at Jantar Mantar in Delhi on July 18.The Swabhimani Shetkari Sanghatana (SSS), the farmers' outfit led by Maharashtra MP Raju Shetti, who is ally of ruling NDA, will also take part in this Yatra along with Yogendra Yadav of the Swaraj Abhiyan and leaders of other organisations like Rashtriya Kisan Mazdoor Sangathan under the banner of All India Kisan Sangharsh Coordination Committee.Mandsaur was chosen to launch this Yatra as the district witnessed killing of six farmers in alleged police firing during agitation on June 6. Farmer leaders already assembled there amid tensed situation as the state police took the popular farmer leader and ex-MLA Sunilam under preventive detention at Pipaliya Mandi on Wednesday. Sunilam is the main organiser of the Yatra in Madhya Pradesh."Setting aside ideological and personal differences, almost all major farmers' outfits of the country are participating in this Yatra for the larger good of farmers. It would be a platform to highlight the ground reality. We all have been demanding loan waiver for farmers across the country and seeking for them remunerative prices of their produce", said Yogendra Yadav.He told TOI that farmers' issues cannot be dealt with remote control approach. "The government must take all stakeholders on board and deal with the issue which is quite diverse", Yogendra said while noting that the reality on the ground is different from what the agriculture ministry has been claiming pertaining to its different schemes.The ministry, meanwhile, reviewed progress of two of its flagship programmes - National Agricultural Markets (e-NAM) and Soil Health Card - during meeting of state agriculture ministers here. So far, 455 markets from 13 states have been integrated to the national web-based portal of e-NAM with the registration of over 47 lakh farmers and 91,000 traders.The Soil Health Card scheme is meant to promote the use of fertilizers based on analysis of soil health and enable farmers to get maximum yields at lower cost with minimum damage to the ecosystem. Nearly nine crore farmers have, so far, been given the cards on the basis of the results of soil testing.Agriculture minister Radha Mohan Singh , who chaired the review meeting, urged the states to take all proposed agri-market reform measures so that the farmers can get easy access to market and get better prices of their produce. Referring to the Centre's model Act on agri-market reforms, Singh said, "Now, if the states actively enforce the Act, it will be easier for the farmers to have a liberal market available as this Act is based on the model of 'ease of doing business' to encourage direct marketing".Though Yogendra Yadav praised intent of the schemes, he pointed out that the progress of both these programmes have been quite slow. He said the states had mainly been able to spent on infrastructure under e-NAM while integrating the markets with the national web-based portal. "If you look at the ground, you will find that the farmers have not yet been benefited under it", said Yadav.