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Odisha Government decided to include all betel & Kewda flower farmers in a special state scheme

in State News September 17, 2023 Comments Off on Odisha Government decided to include all betel & Kewda flower farmers in a special state scheme 677 Views

Bhubaneswar:17/9/23 The State government decided to include all betel farmers in a special state scheme and provided them with financial assistance. Farmers with at least 2,000 square meters of paddy fields will be considered eligible for assistance. The of Agriculture and Farmers Empowerment will make special regulations for this

The farmers who have betel farming will be given financial assistance of Rs 2500 per unit for its management. A farmer will get assistance for a maximum of two units. Wide awareness will be created regarding interest-free loans of up to Rs 1 lakh through Kishan Credit Card for betel farming.

Clarification will be sought from the GST Commissioner regarding the implementation of GST in the Betel leaf business. Betel leaf processing units will be provided subsidy under the Mukhyamantri Krishi Udyog Yojana

Similarly, Kewda flower farmers of Ganjam will also be promoted under National Horticulture. In addition to support from the Horticulture Mission, additional support will be provided from the state budget for Kewda flower cultivation. This support will be provided through scientific mapping of the Kewda cultivation areas.

Assistance will be given on the basis of report of Ganjam District Collector for kewda crops damaged in natural calamities. For this, the Agriculture and Farmers Empowerment Department and the Ganjam District Collector will jointly prepare the modality

Necessary changes will be made in the provisions of the scheme to include Kewda flower processing units under Chief Minister’s Agriculture Scheme.

The decisions were taken at a meeting of CMO in which 5T Secretary V.K. Pandian, Development Commission, Agriculture secretary were present.

During 5T secretary Pandian’s visit to Puri and Ganjam, many objections were raised by the local farmers and farmers regarding various problems. A review meeting was held today by the Chief Minister’s office to resolve all of the farmers.

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Ashok Palit has completed his graduation from Upendranath College Soro, Balasore and post graduation from Utkal University in Odia Language and literture.. He has also carved out a niche for himself as a scribe of eminence after joining the profession in 1988. He is also an independent media production professional. He brings loads of experience to Advanced Media, Ashok Palit as a cineaste has been active in film criticism for over three decades. As a film society activist, he soared to eminence for his profound commitment to the art film appreciation and aesthetics of cinema. His mode of discourse is often erudite but always lucid and comprehensible marked by a perfect acumen so rare in the field. A film aesthete with an immense fond of critical sensibilities, he wrote about growth and development of odia cinema in New Indian Express, The Times of India, The Hindustan Times, The Asian Age and Screen. He has been working as an Editor for Cine Samaya from 2002-2004.. He had made solid contribution on cinema in many odia Dailies and weekly such as Samaj, Prajatantra, Dharatri, Samaya, Satabadi, and weekly Samaya.
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