Friday, September 25, 2015

Krishi Bhagya will be extended to all farmers: Krishna Byre Gowda :

Minister for Agriculture Krishna Byre Gowda has said that the Krishi Bhagya scheme will be extended to all interested farmers from this year.
He was addressing presspersons here after visiting a beneficiary of the Krishi Bhaghya scheme at Basavatti village in Chamarajangar taluk on Thursday.
The government had implemented the scheme to help farmers in the rain-fed areas take up rainwater harvesting. Earlier, beneficiaries of the scheme were being chosen through draw of lots. Now, it had been extended to all the farmers interested in adopting the system, he said and urged the farmers to avail themselves of the benefits of the schem.
He said, a study report had revealed that crops cultivated on a total of 38,000 hectares of land had been damaged due to drought in Chamarajangar district. The government had released Rs. 25 crore to the Deputy Commissioner for relief works. Another Rs. 50 lakh had been released to each taluk to tackle drinking water problem. Steps had been initiated to distribute compensation to the bank accounts of farmers through RTGS facility, soon after getting the Central aid, he said.
The Minister visited various places in the district to check whether the Krishi Bhagya scheme was beneficial to farmers or not. He got the feedback from farmers who had benefitted from scheme. Basavaraju, farmer, told the Minister that he had benefitted from the scheme and cultivated various crops in his 2.5 acres of land.
Some farmers complained about spurious cotton seeds allegedly being sold in various parts of the district. The Minister said he would send a team of experts from Bengaluru to examine the seeds. Later, he visited the sericultuare farm at Seegevadi in Gundlupet taluk.
Government has released Rs. 50 lakh each to all drought-hit taluks to tackle drinking water scarcity problem.
Krishna Byre Gowda,
Minister of State for Agriculture

Source : The Hindu

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