The State Government has adopted the Agriculture Budget and is implementing various State and Centre-sponsored projects to double the annual per capita income of farmers to Rs 95,976 by 2022-23, informed Agriculture and Farmers’ Empowerment Minister Dr Arun Kumar Sahoo in the State Assembly on Wednesday.
In response to a question of BJP MLA Mohan Charan Majhi, the Minister said that the Union Government has calculated per capital income of farmers of Odisha at Rs 47,988 in 2015-16 as per the 70 survey report of the National Sample Survey Organisation (NSSO) and has set a target to double the farmers’ annual income by 2022-23.
To achieve the target, the special Agriculture Budget is being implemented and various State and Central projects implemented. Crop insurance, development of agriculture farms, Biju Krushak Yalyan Yojana, organic farming, KALIA Yojana are among 34 schemes being implemented by the State Government. As many as 13 projects are being executed by the Centre.