Odisha Govt. unveils ‘CM KISAN Yojana’ to provide financial assistance to 46 lakh farmers

Bhubaneswar: Odisha Chief Minister, Mohan Charan Majhi, announced the launch of ‘CM Kisan Yojana’ to benefit 46 lakh farmers, including the landless ones. The scheme was announced at an event at Gangadhar Meher University and will also benefit landless farmers who were excluded from the PM Kisan Yojana.

Under the scheme, the farmers will get the following benefits:

• A total of Rs 925 crore will be transferred to the bank accounts of the small and marginal farmers through Direct Benefit Transfer (DBT).

• The eligible beneficiaries will receive a total of Rs 4000 in two phases. The first installment of Rs 2000 will be disbursed on Nuakhai, the agriculture festival of Odisha, whereas the remaining amount will be transferred on Akshaya Tritiya.

• The children of the beneficiaries of the scheme will receive scholarships for pursuing technical studies.

• Under the scheme, the Odisha government will buy paddy from farmers at Rs 3,100 per quintal.

The Chief Minister also launched the Krushak Odisha Unified Portal of the Agriculture and Farmers Empowerment Department at the event. He said that going further, the state government also plans to launch the Balabhadra Yojana to promote organic farming in the state.

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