Team News Riveting
Raipur, March 12
Chhattisgarh government on Tuesday launched the ‘Krishak Unnati Yojana’ to provide input assistance to the farmers selling paddy at minimum support price (MSP).
Chief Minister Vishnu Deo Sai inaugurated the scheme at a program organized in Balod district today. He clicked the button to transfer the input assistance amount through DBT.
The Chief Minister said another guarantee of Prime Minister Narendra Modi had been fulfilled with the launch of this scheme. Input assistance of Rs 13,320 crore was transferred to the bank accounts of 24.75 lakh farmers under the Krishak Unnati Yojana, he said. Of these cultivators, 24.72 lakh sold paddy this year in the kharif marketing season 2023-24 at minimum support price, and they were paid the difference amount of Rs 13,289 crore, the chief minister said.
Sai said two days ago on March 10, the first instalment under Mahtari Vandan Yojana was transferred to the accounts of about 70 lakh women of the state.
“The state government fulfilled its promise to farmers, by disbursing pending paddy bonus of two years (2014-15 and 2015-16) worth Rs 3,716 crore to them on Atal Bihari Vajpayee ji’s birthday in December last year. More than 13 lakh farmers benefited from this,” he said.
