Rajasthan Government Unveils Measures To Provide Relief To Farmers
The Rajasthan executive determined to let farmers take loans at a decrease interest rate, officers mentioned.
Jaipur:
The Rajasthan executive on Friday took a number of necessary choices to supply aid to farmers, together with offering an excellent worth for his or her plants and facilitating and decentralising procurement, officers mentioned.
The federal government additionally determined to let farmers take loans at a decrease interest rate, they mentioned.
Leader Minister Ashok Gehlot authorized those proposals to supply aid to farmers amid the disaster coming up because of the coronavirus outbreak, an professional commentary mentioned.
The manager minister has determined to offer a grant of Rs 50 crore in keeping with yr from the Farmers Welfare Fund to the ‘Sahakar Kisan Kalyan Yojana”. With this, farmers will now be capable to get loans at an rate of interest of most effective 3 in keeping with cent, it mentioned, including that seven in keeping with cent pastime can be borne by means of the state executive. Previous, most effective 2 % pastime was once borne by means of the state executive.
Loans of Rs 1.five lakh for small and marginal farmers and as much as Rs three lakhs for giant farmers can be made to be had at an rate of interest of most effective 3 in keeping with cent. A farmer gets a mortgage for a duration of 90 days, even if in particular cases, the restrict can be prolonged as much as six months, the commentary mentioned.
In a similar way, aid has been given to the allottees who may just no longer assemble on plots granted to them in mandis. The allocated plots had been cancelled because of the non-construction. For this, allottees had been given exemption to deposit 25 in keeping with cent of the allocation quantity by means of June 30, the commentary added.
It was once additionally determined that centres on the market of qualified seeds can be opened in 200 ”mandis”, it mentioned, including that the executive minister has additionally authorized the proposal to supply plots.
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