Chief Minister Raman Singh distributed farm implements to 72 farmers at the ‘Farmers and Women Convention’ and district-level ‘School Admission Festival’ organised at the mini stadium in Raigarh on Monday.
Power tillers, Reapers, Paddy Transplanters and Sprayers were given away to the farmers on grant assistance.
While thanking the Chief Minister for gifting farm implements, the farmers said that these equipments would help them in cultivation. With Power Tiller and Paddy Transplanter, along with their own farm work, they could earn additional income.
The Chief Minister has given away power tillers with Rs 70,000 special concession to farmers Sukhdev, Anandram, Miniketan and Atmaram of Delari village; Ashok of Kukurda village; Hemlal of Banjipali village; Vibhishan of Chhotte Navapara; Roopram of Jalgarh village and Dukhi Shyam of Malda village.
The Chief Minister distributed diesel and electric pumps on grant assistance to 26 farmers, including Harishchand, Motilal, Khemram, Sitaram, Prem Singh, Hemlal, Shashibhushan, Jagmohan, Bhagawan, Harishankar, Nankiram, lakhan, Tekchand, Ghurva, Kunjram, Shivkumar, Ramesh Kumar, Balaram, Pawan Sahu, Mahendra Patel, Murlidhar, Bodhram, Chhavilal, Piyarsai, Pitambar and Sulaiman.Singh also distributed sprayers worth Rs 46,900 to 35 farmers.