Gujarat farmers show poor response to PM Narendra Modi's input assistance scheme

  • | Friday | 15th February, 2019

As per records given by the state's Agriculture Department, only 1.68 lakh farmers had registered till February 12. A scheme, announced by Prime Minister Narendra Modi during the central budget to provide Rs 6,000 input assistance per annum to farmers, received poor response from its beneficiary across the state. MEASURING SCALEOnly 1.68 lakh farmers had registered till February 12. Deputy Chief Minister Nitin Patel had said that Pradhan Mantri Kisan Sanman Nidhi scheme has a large base of registered beneficiaries in the state. Out of 70 lakh eligible beneficiaries, hardly 2 lakh have registered for the scheme.

A scheme, announced by Prime Minister Narendra Modi during the central budget to provide Rs 6,000 input assistance per annum to farmers, received poor response from its beneficiary across the state. Out of 70 lakh eligible beneficiaries, hardly 2 lakh have registered for the scheme. Deputy Chief Minister Nitin Patel had said that Pradhan Mantri Kisan Sanman Nidhi scheme has a large base of registered beneficiaries in the state. However, the farmers in Saurashtra region have not registered for the scheme. As per records given by the state's Agriculture Department, only 1.68 lakh farmers had registered till February 12. The highest registration was made by farmers from Sabarkantha (17,199 applications), followed by Ahmedabad (12,520)applications and Tapi (10,150). Only 654 applications have been received in Surendranagar district. Barring Amreli, no district in the Saurashtra region has crossed 5,000 applications. "The farmers may not be aware of technicalities of registration, but we are pushing our talatis, village heads, gram mitra and other staff to help the farmers with registration. We expect the number of registration to rise," Minister RC Faldu said,. The procedure of registration and uploading the list of beneficiaries on national portal would be finished by February 22. The process involves registration by farmers, followed by verification of talatis in gram sabha (meeting of village body), finalisation of list by Taluka Development Officer, uploading the list by concerned district collectors on national portal. After this, the nodal officer of the state should approve the list of beneficiariesy from state. "The issue was discussed in cabinet meeting of Gujarat government that was held on Wednesday and the CM has directed the officials to expedite the process. The government is concerned on agrarian crisis that may increase worries of ruling party during Lok Sabha polls," sources from Gujarat government said. MEASURING SCALE Only 1.68 lakh farmers had registered till February 12. The highest registration was made by farmers from Sabarkantha (17,199 applications), followed by Ahmedabad (12,520)applications and Tapi (10,150).

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