Chhattisgarh Chief Minister Bhupesh Baghel on Tuesday said the dream of self-sustaining villages of Mahatma Gandhi is gradually being realized in the state.
He was speaking the virtual release of payment for cow dung procured for women self-help groups and Gauthan committees and sugarcane bonus to farmers from his residence here. A sum of Rs 4.69 crore was released for cow dung.
He said that of the total Gauthans built in villages, 3,089 have become self-reliant. The 50 percent cost of cow dung procurement has been paid by them using their resources. Such Guathans have procured cow dung worth Rs 24.15 crores.
The government has been laying emphasis in making all Gauthans self-supporting through different economic activities to earn their own resources.
He underlined the need to promote the use of vermicompost in the Rabi season. The farmers should also be encouraged to procure cow urine. Chief Minister Bhupesh Baghel also released Rs 68.90 crore to sugarcane farmers online as bonus. It includes outstanding bonus of Rs 11.99 crore of 2020-21 and Rs 56.91 for the sugarcane crushing year 2021-22.
The sugarcane farmers are covered under the Rajiv Gandhi Kisan Nyay Yojna.
Baghel said the government has decided to procure sugarcane at Rs 355 per quintal in 2019-20.