The State Government, for the first time, has decided to give bonus to the paddy seed producer farmers of Chhattisgarh at Rs 270 per quintal.
Agriculture Minister Chandrashekhar Sahu said here on Tuesday that the State Government has, under the leadership of Chief Minister Dr Raman Singh, given bonus of Rs 1,926 crore at Rs 270 per quintal to the farmers for the paddy they had sold through the cooperative societies during the kharif year 2012-13. The Minister said that now, according to the proposal of agriculture department bonus would be given to the farmers at Rs 270 per quintal on the paddy seeds purchased through Chhattisgarh State Seed and Agriculture Development Corporation.
The Minister said that it was for the first time the Chhattisgarh Government decided to give bonus to the farmers for the paddy seeds produced by them and for that the Government has also made a provision of Rs 17 crore.
Sahu said that the farmers of the state had produced 6,20,000 quintal high quality paddy seeds this year and keeping in mind the production cost of the seeds, the Seeds Corporation has decided to pay Rs 1,970 per quintal for thick paddy seeds and Rs 2,000 per quintal for thin seeds. The farmers of the State have expressed their gratitude towards Chief Minister for the bonus largesse.