Chhattisgarh government has announced several schemes in the interest of farmers in the budget of 2022-23. In these, many schemes were announced for farmers’ loan waivers to crop purchase. During this, the government also made changes in many schemes. One of these is ‘Rajiv Gandhi Rural Agriculture Landless Mazdoor Nyay Yojana’.
Under the change in this scheme, the annual assistance amount has been increased to Rs 7000. That is, from the coming year, an increased amount will be provided to the farmers coming under this scheme. Let us inform you that earlier in this scheme, an annual assistance amount of Rs 6000 was provided.
According to the government, under the Rajiv Gandhi Kisan Nyay Yojana, arrangements have been made to give a maximum amount of Rs 10000 per acre. At the same time, under this scheme, in the last two years, more than 20 lakh farmers have been given assistance amounting to 10152 crores. According to the government, under this scheme, Haat Paharya and Baja Mohariya of the Devasthal of the tribals of the state like Baiga, Guniya, Manjhi etc. will be benefited.
During this announcement, the government has also waived the loans of 17.96 lakh farmers worth 8744 crores. Apart from this, the state government has announced a grant for free power supply to agricultural pumps up to 5 HP for irrigation. A provision of 2600 crores has been made by the government for this scheme. The government believes that 5 lakh farmers will get direct benefits with the help of this scheme.
Source: Navbharat Times
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