330 crore has been paid so far in Godhan Nyay Yojana
78.62 crore income of women groups associated with Gauthans,
Raipur, 18 August 2022
Chief Minister Shri Bhupesh Baghel on 20th August, on the occasion of birth anniversary of former Prime Minister Bharat Ratna Late Shri Rajiv Gandhi ji, through a virtual program organized at the Chief Minister’s residence office, under the Godhan Nyay Yojana, cattle rearing villagers, women groups associated with Gauthans and Gauthan committees have been given 5 Will release an amount of Rs 24 lakh online, in which Rs 2.24 crore will be paid in lieu of cow dung purchased from cattle rearing villagers, farmers, landless in Gauthans of the state from August 01 to August 15, 1.58 crore to Gauthan committees and 1.02 to women’s groups. Includes dividend amount of Rs. Under Godhan Nyay Yojana, Rs 330 crore has been paid to the beneficiaries in the state so far, which includes a bonus amount of Rs 18 crore. After the payment of 5.24 crores on August 20, this figure will be Rs 335 crores 24 lakhs.
Godhan Nyay Yojana is the only such scheme in the country and the world, under which cow dung at the rate of Rs 2 per kg and cow urine at the rate of Rs 4 per liter is being purchased in the Gauthans of Chhattisgarh state. A payment of Rs. After the payment of Rs 2.64 crore to the dung vendors on August 20, this figure will increase to Rs 158.24 crore. An amount of Rs 151.60 crore has been paid so far to Gauthan committees and women self-help groups. This figure will increase to Rs 154.02 crore after payment of Rs 2.60 crore to Gauthan committees and self-help groups on August 20.
In Gauthans, vermicompost, super compost, super compost plus and other products are being prepared on a large scale from cow dung purchased under Godhan Nyay Yojana by women groups. 17.27 lakh quintals of vermi compost and more than 5.21 lakh quintals of super compost and 18,924 quintals of super compost plus manure have been manufactured by women’s groups, which are being supplied through societies to various departments of the government and farmers at concessional rates. . Apart from manure from cow dung, women’s groups are earning profit by manufacturing and selling go-casts, lamps, incense sticks, idols and other materials. Apart from this, various income-oriented activities are being conducted by women groups in Gauthans, besides vegetable and mushroom production, poultry, goat, fish farming and animal husbandry, due to which women groups have earned an income of Rs 78.62 crore so far. Huh. 13 from Gauthans in the state, There are 969 Women Self-Help Groups directly linked, with a membership strength of 83,874. Electricity generation has been started in Gauthans by purchasing cow dung.
It is noteworthy that the beginning of making natural paint from cow dung has also started in Hirapur-Jarwai Gauthan of Raipur. According to the intention of Chief Minister Bhupesh Baghel, Gauthans are being developed as Rural Industrial Parks. In order to promote income-oriented activities, agricultural and forest produce based processing units, units for manufacturing natural paint from cow dung are being established. The work of setting up of mini rice mills and other types of units including oil mills in 227 Gauthans and Dal Mills in 292 Gauthans is in progress.
For the conservation and welfare of cow in the state, construction of Gauthans is being done at a rapid pace in the villages. There is better management of livestock, treatment and free fodder and water in Gauthans. So far, approval has been given for construction of Gauthans in 10,624 villages in the State, out of which 8408 Gauthans have been constructed and 1758 Gauthans are under construction. The self-supporting Gauthans have so far purchased cow dung worth Rs 17.82 crore from their own funds. More than 2 lakh 52 thousand rural, animal husbandry farmers are getting benefited from Godhan Nyay Yojana. Women make up 46.05 percent of those earning extra income by selling cow dung. More than one lakh 43 thousand landless families are getting benefited from this scheme.
