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Govt to seek additional funds for farmers’ welfare from Centreedit
The state government will seek additional funds from Centre for farmers’ relief and to provide them agriculture bonus, said sources. “The MP government seeks additional Rs5,000 crore from the Centre for farmer relief and to provide justified price to the peasants suffering from crop loss in the current Kharif season. We have demanded a special package, too, for running farmer welfare schemes in the state,” said a senior official in the agriculture department.
Govt plan to boost farmers’ incomeedit
The Times of India The New Indian Express
Chief minister Naveen Patnaik on Wednesday launched a development project to boost farmers’ income in Nabarangpur district through a video conference. Under the project, farmers will get training in various innovative methods and technological support to improve their farming systems. The Indian Institute of Horticultural Research under ICAR will help farmers in souring improved variety seeds and plants for cash crops. It will also impart training in the establishment of commercial nurseries and promote horticulture-based entrepreneurship activities.
For agricultural loans, bankers call for longer repayment periodedit
In view of the significant stress in the agriculture sector, bankers at the state-level consultancy meet in Kolkata have called for longer repayment periods for loans under Kisan Credit Card (KCC) from 12 months to 36 or 48 months. There were also deliberations on allowing farmers to take fresh loans even if they fail to repay the entire loan, as long as they service the interest.
Department of Agriculture and Farmers’ Empowerment launched the second batch of Krushi Unnat Sahjogi (KUS) Programedit
Department of Agriculture and Farmers’ Empowerment launched the second batch of Krushi Unnat Sahjogi (KUS) Program at the SOA University, Bhubaneshwar. he program focusses on areas like safe usage of pesticides, pest surveillance, fertilizer availability, Pradhan Mantri Krishi Sinchai Yojana, Saura Jalnidhi, Farm Mechanisation. The department has developed a mobile for collecting the data from the associates and also to monitor the presence of associates in the field. The associates mark their attendance using GPS tracker on a daily basis. It is noteworthy that for the first batch more than 96% attendance has been recorded.
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Govt to seek additional funds for farmers’ welfare from Centreedit
The state government will seek additional funds from Centre for farmers’ relief and to provide them agriculture bonus, said sources. “The MP government seeks additional Rs5,000 crore from the Centre for farmer relief and to provide justified price to the peasants suffering from crop loss in the current Kharif season. We have demanded a special package, too, for running farmer welfare schemes in the state,” said a senior official in the agriculture department.
For agricultural loans, bankers call for longer repayment periodedit
In view of the significant stress in the agriculture sector, bankers at the state-level consultancy meet in Kolkata have called for longer repayment periods for loans under Kisan Credit Card (KCC) from 12 months to 36 or 48 months. There were also deliberations on allowing farmers to take fresh loans even if they fail to repay the entire loan, as long as they service the interest.