RAIPUR: Chhattisgarh government would transfer Rs 1,500 crore to 22 lakh farmers of state as the first installment of agricultural input subsidy under Rajiv Gandhi Kisaan Nyay Yojana on Friday, the death anniversary of former Prime Minister late Rajiv Gandhi. Congress president Sonia Gandhi and MP Rahul Gandhi will attend the programme via video conferencing. The programme will organized from CM House virtually at noon.
RAIPUR: Chhattisgarh government would transfer Rs 1,500 crore to 22 lakh farmers of state as the first installment of agricultural input subsidy under Rajiv Gandhi Kisaan Nyay Yojana on Friday, the death anniversary of former Prime Minister late Rajiv Gandhi. Congress president Sonia Gandhi and MP Rahul Gandhi will attend the programme via video conferencing. The programme will organized from CM House virtually at noon.
Chief minister Bhupesh Baghel, along with the members of his cabinet, will first lay wreath on the portrait of Rajiv Gandhi and thereafter, he would transfer the first installment of agricultural input subsidy worth Rs 1,500 crore into the accounts of 22 lakh farmers of state. He would also transfer Rs 7.17 crore as payment against the dung procurement under the multi-pronged Godhan Nyay Yojana of state government between March 15 and May 15. MPs, MLAs, other public representatives, farmers and cattle rearers will also participate in the program via video conferencing.
Rajiv Gandhi Kisan Nyay Yojana was launched by state in remembrance of Rajiv Gandhi last year on May 21 with an aim to encourage crop productivity. Under this scheme, the state government had transferred Rs. 5,628 crore to the bank accounts of about 19 lakh farmers (registered in Kharif season 2019-20) in four installments as agricultural input subsidy. In a meeting held on May 19 chaired by chief minister Baghel, state government has taken several important decisions in the interest of farmers including input subsidy on the paddy procured from farmers in Kharif year 2020-21 at the rate of Rs 9,000 per acre.
Farmers utilizing their paddy field for plantation will be provided a grant for three years. The state government has taken another important decision to provide input subsidy at the rate of Rs 9,000 per acre per year to the producers of all major kharif crops such as maize, soyabean, sugarcane, kodo Kutki and arhar, along with paddy, from Kharif year 2021-22. The government has also fixed the minimum support price of Kodo-Kutki at Rs 3,000 per quintal.
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