Chief Minister Raghubar Das on Sunday said that by September this year, around 35 lakh farmers will get monetary assistance under the Mukhyamantri Krishi Ashirwad Yojana and the fund will reach the bank accounts of farmers through Direct Benefit Transfer (DBT).
The Mukhyamantri Krishi Ashirwad Yojana launched in 2019-20 fiscal offers an incentive of Rs. 5000 per acre of land to farmers of the State who have land holdings up to five acres.
The CM made the announcement during the plantation drive at Rajyakrit Madhya Vidyalaya, Paancha at Ormanjhi block of Ranchi district in which BJP national working president JP Nadda also participated.
Das said, “The State Government is committed for all round development of farmers and is going to spend Rs 5,000 crore for their welfare. The monetary assistance is for farmers for purchasing seeds, pesticides and other agricultural equipments so that they don’t have to borrow money from the market.”
The Mukhyamantri Krishi Ashirwad Yojana is one of the major thrust areas of the Raghubar Government. State farmers with the Ashirwad Yojana and PM Kisan are to doubly benefit, as through PM Kisan scheme farmers get Rs 2000 per acre annually in three installments apart from Rs 5000 per acre through Ashirwad Yojana.
The CM, for successful implementation of Ashirwad Yojana, had already asked Deputy Commissioners of all the 24 districts to run a full-fledged campaign for connecting the 51 lakh odd farmers in the State with the Mukhyamantri Krishi Ashirwad Yojana.
The CM had asked the DCs to hold a meeting with all the Mukhiyas and panchayat representatives in their districts and update the details of land holdings in the villages.
The CM also talked about the steps taken by his Government in women empowerment. He said, “Empowering women is one of the priority of State Government and in this connection around 1.90 lakh sakhi mandals have been constituted since 2014. Through various sakhi mandals employment opportunities are provided to women.” The CM also spoke about the provision of registry of property up to Rs 50 lakh at Re 1 for women.
The CM said that the State Government has set aside a budgetary allocation of Rs 500 crore for strengthening sakhi mandals in State. The CM said that despite Jharkhand being a mineral rich State, the people of this State remained poor, but in last four years efforts have been taken by State Government to uplift the lives of people.
He said, “In last four and half years a lot of work has been done for improving economic condition of poor and in next five years it will gain momentum.”
The CM, along with BJP working president Nadda carried out a plantation drive and urged the people to protect the environment and conserve water. Those who attended the meet apart from Das and Nadda also included ministers like Louis Marandi, Neera Yadav, Ranchi MP Sanjay Seth, BJP Rajya Sabha MP Samir Oraon, MLA Ram Kumar Pahan, Anant Ojha among others