On Tuesday, the day Yogi government completed 30 days in office and it decided to implement Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s flagship project `Kisan Bima Yojana’ and also decided to set up 20 `Kisan Vigyan Kendras’ across the state to help farmers to double their income by increasing productivity. The decisions were taken in a cabinet meeting held in lucknow on Tuesday.
“The Yogi government has decided to implement Kisan Bima Yojana under which farmers will be paid compensation by the insurance companies within 21 days failing which penalties will be imposed against them,” Power minister Shrikant Sharma, who is also the government spokesman, told reporters after the cabinet meeting.
Sharma said that for effective implementation of the scheme the state has been divided into 12 clusters and each insurance company has been given charge of not more than 2 clusters. The insurance companies have been asked to open offices in each block and in case of natural calamity, payments to farmers should be made within 21 days. "In case they fail to do so, these companies will be warned and then black listed," Sharma said.
“The farmers will have to pay just 1-2 per cent of the premium while the rest of the premium cost will be borne by the government. In this fiscal, this scheme is expected to benefit 36 lakh farmers and the number will grow up to 50 lakh by next fiscal,” Sharma said.
Health minister Sidharthnath Singh said that the government has also decided to set up 20 additional Krishi Vigyan Kendra in collaboration with ICAR.
“This scheme was proposed to the previous government but it threw it in the lumber room. There are already 69 such centres across UP and with 20 new centres, the number will go up to 89,” he said.
land for setting up these centres will be given by state government. Seven of the districts including Amroha, Sambhal, Badaun and Saharanpur will have this centre for the first time while 13 other districts will have second such centre.
“These centres will have facilities of soil testing and carry out other research that could help in increasing productivity,” Singh said.
In another decision, the government has decided to set up civil terminal in Gorakhpur Air Force base and name it as Mahayogi Gorakshnath terminal. Similarly, a civil aviation terminal at Air Force base in Agra will be set up and named Pt Deen Dayal Upadhaya terminal.
The statet government has waived off Entertainment Tax on Hema Malini starrer film 'Ek Thi Rani Aisi Bhi' which is a biopic of Rajmata Scindia and also the book penned by Goa governor Mridula Sinha 'Rajpath Se lokpath Tak'.
In another decision, the state government has renamed Hadicapped department as Divyang Jan Sashaktikaran department.