Help is also provided by the government on the needs of irrigation in agriculture. This is because due to increasing water crisis in many states, farmers are not able to irrigate their crops. The Bihar government also understood this problem of the farmers and paid attention to the option of tubewells to help them. Bihar government has decided to give 4500 tubewells to the farmers of its area.
Bihar government has given 80% subsidy for water source (up to 210 feet depth) to big and marginal farmers for farming in minimum two and a half hectares by at least five farmer groups adopting drip irrigation techniques under Chief Minister Nitish Kumar’s Seven Decisions-2 scheme. ) has arranged for collective tubeway. This means that the farmer will have to spend only 20% of the amount for this tube well. Tell that farmers can take advantage of this scheme till March 24, 2024. For more information about this scheme, visit the official website of Bihar Horticulture Department horticulture.bihar.gov.in.
Source: Aaj Tak
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