Rs 5 crore 24 lakh will be paid to the beneficiaries of Godhan Nyay Yojana, farmers have been paid Rs 12,920
crore under the Rajiv Gandhi Kisan Nyay Yojana
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78.62 crores earned by women groups
Raipur, 19 August 2022
Chief Minister Bhupesh Baghel, on the occasion of the birth anniversary of former Prime Minister Bharat Ratna Late Shri Rajiv Gandhi ji, on Saturday, 20 August, an amount of Rs 1750 crore 24 lakh was given to the farmers, livestock villagers, Gauthan committees and women self-help groups of the state online in their bank accounts. Will issue. This amount will be given under the Rajiv Gandhi Kisan Nyay Yojana and Godhan Nyay Yojana of the Chhattisgarh government. During the program organized at the Chief Minister’s residence office, Chief MinisterBhupesh Baghel will discuss virtually with the people’s representatives, farmers, cow pals and women of groups of the state.
Under the Rajiv Gandhi Kisan Nyay Yojana, on August 20, an amount of Rs 1745 crore will be transferred to 26 lakh 21 thousand farmers of the state as the second installment of this year’s input subsidy in their bank accounts. Earlier on May 21, 2022, Rs 1745 was paid to the farmers of the state as the first installment of this scheme. Rajiv Gandhi Kisan Nyay Yojana Chhattisgarh has been implemented from Kharif year 2019. Under this scheme, input subsidy of Rs.12 thousand 920 crore has been given to the farmers so far. After the payment of the second installment on August 20, this amount will increase to 14 thousand 665 crores. It is noteworthy that Rs 5627 crore as input subsidy in 4 installments to 18.43 lakh farmers in Kharif 2019, 20 in Kharif year 2020. Input subsidy of Rs 5553 crore has been given to 59 lakh farmers. Under this scheme, this amount of input subsidy is being given to the farmers with the aim of promoting crop productivity and crop diversification in the state and reducing the cost of cultivation.
Chief Minister Bhupesh Baghel will release an amount of Rs. 5 crore 24 lakh to the livestock farmers, Gauthan committees and women self-help groups under the Godhan Nyay Yojana on August 20 itself. Under Godhan Nyay Yojana, Rs 330 crore has been paid to cow dung vendors, Gauthan committees and women’s groups in the last two years. After the payment of 50th installment of this scheme on August 20, Rs 5.24 crore, this figure will increase to Rs 335 crore 24 lakh. Under Godhan Nyay Yojna, purchase of cow dung at two rupees per kg in Gauthans is being started from July 20, 2020 from Hareli festival. Till August 15, 2022, 79.12 lakh quintals of cow dung has been purchased in Gauthans. There are 8408 Gauthans built and operated in the state, where more than 2 lakh 52 thousand cattle farmers are directly benefiting by selling rural cow dung, including more than 1 lakh 43 thousand landless.
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.
