In order to promote agriculture activities, Uttarakhand State Cooperative Federation has been providing seeds, fertilisers and other necessary items to registered farmers at reasonable rate through its societies in the State.
The Federation had already distributed around 8,000 Kisan Credit Card (KCC) through societies among registered farmers, said USCF president PK Singh on Friday. The federation has taken several steps for the promotion of agriculture activities in the State, he added.
Singh said that federation has formed as many as 758 primary agriculture credit societies and around 3 lakh farmers are registered in various societies in the State. Societies are formed at Nyay Panchayat level. Farmers are provided crop loan at reasonable rates with the guarantee of returning back the amount within six month of cultivation of their crops. In two districts Udham Singh Nagar and Nainital, around 2.67 lakh quintal of paddy were purchased from the farmers by the societies at Government’s minimum support price.
In the last year, around 10,086,10 quintals of wheat and 2,12,245 quintal of paddy were purchased at government’s minimum support price from the farmers by the societies in the state.
He further said that farmers are encouraged to procure membership from the society so that they could get benefit from the schemes launched by the federation from time to time for their welfare in the state. The federation has established two agriculture service centres in Udham Singh Nagar, one in Nainital, four in Haridwar to provide seeds and fertilisers to the farmers at reasonable rate, he added.