Team News Riveting
Raipur, April 5
Chhattisgarh government has released another instalment of Rs 5.32 crore cattle rearers, women groups, and Gauthan committees under the Godhan Nyay Yojana.
Launched in July 2020, Godhan Nyay Yojana is a flagship scheme of Bhupesh Baghel government in Chhattisgarh to strengthen the rural economy. At a function held at Chief Minister’s residence, Baghel virtually released an amount that includes payment of Rs 2.91 crore in lieu of 1.45 lakh quintal cow dung purchased from March 16 to March 31 and dividend amount of Rs 1.43 crore to Gauthan committees and Rs 98 lakh to women groups.
Baghel said, “We have made continuous achievements in the Godhan Nyay Yojana, but the rapid increase in the number of self-supporting Gauthans is our most significant achievement because the major goal of this plan is to make our villages financially self-sufficient”. The self-supporting Gauthans are disbursing Rs 1.67 crore to cow dung vendors, while the department is paying Rs 1.24 crore.
The state government has agreed to offer Rs 750 per month to the presidents of self-supporting Gauthan committees and Rs 500 per month to the members in order to encourage Gauthan committees to become self-sufficient, Baghel said.
The farmer must have already heard the good news that beginning in November, paddy would be purchased at a cost of 20 quintals per acre. For a long time, the farmer had desired this. It will undoubtedly help the rural economy, he added.
