The Agriculture Cabinet met under the chairmanship of Chief Minister Naveen Patnaik on Wednesday and approved proposals to provide all supports to farmers under the existing provisions.
It was revealed that Rs 9,965 crore input crop loans have been disbursed in 2020. Though the last date to avail Kharif crop loan ends on September 3, farmers can still avail the benefit till this month end by visiting nearby banks.
There would be no shortage of fertilisers for cultivation.
While the programme for Kharif -2020 was made for 61.61 lakh hectares, so far 55.52 lakh hectares have been covered.
A total of 14.08 lakh farmers have been enrolled for crop insurance coverage.
In view of Covid pandemic, the livelihood interventions would benefit 24,99,850 farmers with an outlay of Rs 373.958 crore. Till now, 8,15,793 farmers have been benefitted.
Inviting of new applications for the Krushak Assistance for Livelihood and Income Augmentation (KALIA) is still continuing. At present, 55,29,680 beneficiaries are eligible for getting KALIA assistance.
The Bhoomihina Agriculturist Loan and Resources Augmentation Model (BALARAM) will ensure flow of credit to farmers cultivating land as sharecroppers. The target of the scheme is to form 1 lakh Joint Liability Groups (JLGs) covering at least 5 lakh sharecropper farmers.
During 2020-21, farm ponds would be dug with generation of around 4.51 crore person-days with an outlay of Rs 1,038 crore.