The door to development opens through villages. In such a situation, the state will become strong only with the prosperity of the farmers. Our government is constantly taking concrete decisions towards making the farmers self-reliant,” said Chief Minister Hemant Soren, while addressing the Jharkhand Agriculture Loan Waiver Scheme program organized by the Department of Agriculture, Animal Husbandry and Cooperation here on Thursday. The CM said that this is not a loan waiver scheme program, but it is a Mahajutan program in honour of the farmers.
On this occasion, the Chief Minister gave a big gift to 1,76,977 lakh farmers of the state by waiving their loans up to two lakh rupees. The loan of about Rs 400.66 crore of all these farmers was repaid by the state government. The Chief Minister also unveiled the Birsa Kisan Integrated Portal of the Agriculture Department in this program.
The CM said that today farmers are facing various challenges. Agricultural work is getting affected due to the poverty of farmers and lack of capital. In such a situation, with the aim of giving relief to the farmers, our government has decided to waive their agricultural loans up to two lakh rupees, so that by strengthening their economic condition, they can get a chance to make a new beginning in the field of agriculture.
The CM said that 80 per cent of the population of Jharkhand lives in rural areas. The farmers and labourers here depend on agriculture for their livelihood. In such a situation, their farm is their bank and the barn is their ATM. But, today the condition of the farmers is not hidden. They are doing agricultural work amidst adverse conditions. Many times due to the weather, the crops are damaged a lot, the brunt of which they have to bear for a long time. Our government is continuously working to help the farmers come out of these adverse circumstances. In this episode, our government took a historic decision to waive the loan of up to two lakh rupees taken by the farmers for agricultural work, so that the farmers can be provided with economic security cover.
The CM said that our government is working for the development and welfare of every class and section. We have given pension to the elderly and are giving Samman Rashi to women. The process of giving employment to the youth is going on on a large scale. Savitribai Phule Kishori Yojana is being run to encourage girls towards education. To ensure that the dreams of the bright students of this place to become engineers, doctors and officers do not remain unfulfilled due to lack of money, the government is giving them an education loan up to Rs 15 lakh on its guarantee under Guruji Credit Card Yojana. Our government has waived off loans of up to Rs 2 lakh of farmers. Along with waiving off the outstanding electricity bills, 200 units of electricity are being given free of cost. In our government, everyone including tribals, natives, Dalits, women, youth, elderly, backward and minorities are getting opportunities to move forward.
In the presence of the Chief Minister, an MoU was signed for 5 years between Secretary of Agriculture Department Abu Bakar Siddique and Executive Director of NDDB, Anand, Gujarat, S Raghupati for promoting the dairy industry. Under this, about 68 thousand milk producers will be linked. Apart from this, milk producers will also be given an incentive of Rs 5 per liter in addition to the fair price of milk production.
Ministers Rameshwar Oraon, Satyanand Bhokta, Deepika Pandey Singh, Rajya Sabha MP Mahua Maji, MLA Rajesh Kachhap, Keshav Mahato Kamlesh, Rajesh Thakur, Development Commissioner Avinash Kumar, Agriculture Secretary Abu Bakar Siddique, Director Agriculture Tarachand, Director Horticulture Faiz Ak Ahmed, Director Animal Husbandry Kiran Pasi and Executive Director of NDDB, Anand, Gujarat Raghupati were present in this programme.
