Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Ram Saran Verma
Padma Shri awardees are usually deemed to be notable people, having fulfilled the criteria of  point 1. There also exists a good number of sources in regional language sources - https://www.patrika.com/barabanki-news/farmer-ram-saran-verma-untold-story-barabanki-news-2946551/ and https://www.patrika.com/barabanki-news/farmer-ramsaran-verma-high-tech-agriculture-and-consultation-in-daulatpur-barabanki-1615861/ in Rajasthan Patrika, https://hindi.news18.com/uttar-pradesh/barabanki-news-success-story-of-farmer-ram-saran-verma-in-barabanki-1009773.html in News18 India, https://aajtak.intoday.in/story/modern-farming-ram-saran-verma-young-farmer-rajiv-kamal-bittu-sukhwinder-saraf-sudhir-chadha-1-983784.html by Aaj Tak has a section on him - all of which were published before he got the Padma Shri. His award was also covered in Rajasthan Patrika (https://www.patrika.com/barabanki-news/farmer-ram-saran-verma-honoured-with-padma-shri-award-on-republic-day-4038225/), in News18 India (https://hindi.news18.com/news/uttar-pradesh/barabanki-farmer-of-barabanki-ram-saran-verma-gets-padma-shri-award-upns-1668376.html), in Dainik Jagran (https://www.jagran.com/uttar-pradesh/barabanki-ramsaran-win-padmashree-award-18891832.html), in Oneindia (https://hindi.oneindia.com/news/barabanki/barabanki-ramsaran-verma-gets-the-padma-shri-award-for-farming-490559.html). A farmer in the heartlands of rural India is not bound to get anymore press coverage from the mainstream English media in India, and therefore I believe this should stay
— User:Jupitus, 17:27, 9 February 2019 (UTC)
Stance: keep
Cited policy: WP:ANYBIO (Wikipedia:Notability)