In state’s history, over Rs. 12 thousand crore assistance provided to farmers in one year
Bhopal: Subsidy, relief and bonus worth Rs. 12 thousand 345 crore 27 lakh were provided to Madhya Pradesh’s farmers last year. This benefited one crore 49 lakh 14 thousand 620 farmers. This is for the first time in the history of country that farmers have been provided such huge amount of assistance in one single year. It is also remarkable that the amount has been deposited directly mainly in the bank accounts of farmers.
Relief worth Rs. 3 thousand 48 crore 50 lakh was distributed against losses to crops due to natural calamity benefiting 47 lakh 51 thousand farmers. Bonus worth Rs. 1,327 crore 73 lakh was given to 12 lakh 82 thousand 527 farmers on procurement of paddy, maize and wheat on minimum support price. Of this, Rs. 233 crore 95 lakh was paid as bonus on paddy, Rs. 12 crore 99 lakh on maize and Rs. 1,080 crore 79 lakh on wheat.
Meanwhile, Rs. 2504 crore 4 lakh was distributed to 17 lakh 80 thousand 221 farmers under National Agriculture Insurance Scheme. Farmers Welfare and Agriculture Department has given away Rs. 237 crore 46 lakh to one lakh 79 thousand 872 crore farmers as subsidy. Energy Department also gave subsidy to farmers worth Rs. 4 thousand 667 crore to 15 lakh 84 thousand on agriculture pumps.
Cooperatives Department gave away Rs. 560 crore 39 lakh to 31 lakh 37 thousand farmers as subsidy on interest-free loans to farmers last year.
