Pradhan Mantri Krishi Sinchayee Yojana projects forwarded to Centre

CHANDIGARH, MAY 28 

In Haryana, the State Level Sanctioning Committee of Pradhan Mantri Krishi Sinchayee Yojana has approved projects of Rs 552.73 crore for forwarded the same to Government of India for sanctioning. The projects have been approved to provide water in every field, increase crop production, development of watershed and realize the vision of Prime Minister, Mr Narendra Modi to double the income of farmers by 2022.

          This approval was given during the meeting of State Level Sanctioning Committee for Pradhan Mantri Krishi Sinchayee Yojana, which was presided over by Chief Secretary, Mr D.S. Dhesi here today.

          It was informed in the meeting that under Pradhan Mantri Krishi Sinchayee Yojana, Haryana has sought funds from Central Government in 2019-20 for state irrigation schemes which included Rs 186.19 crore for irrigation department, Rs 205 crore for canal area development authority, Rs 50 crore for district rural development agency, Rs 60.14 crore for Agriculture and Farmers’ Welfare and Rs 51.40 crore for horticulture.

          Pradhan Mantri Krishi Sinchayee Yojana is being implemented in the State from 2015. Under the scheme, agriculture department has been declared nodal department for schemes of various departments. The Central Government has 60 per cent share in the implementation of the scheme,  whereas the State Government has 40 per cent share. According to the directions of Government of India, all kinds of subsidies are being directly transferred in the accounts of farmers through Direct Benefit Transfer under Pradhan Mantri Krishi Sinchayee Yojana. Under the scheme, small dams are created for sprinkler irrigation, drip irrigation and water conservation.

          Those present included Additional Chief Secretary, Agriculture and Farmers’ Welfare Department, Mrs Navraj Sandhu, Principal Secretary, Development and Panchayats Department, Mr Sudhir Rajpal, Director General, Agriculture and Farmers’ Welfare, Mr Ajit Balaji Joshi and other senior officers.

350 CRORE RELEASED TO COOPERATIVE SUGAR MILLS:  Haryana Government has released Rs. 350 crore to the cooperative sugar mills to provide major relief to sugarcane farmers. This amount will be used by Cooperative Sugarmills to pay the arrears of sugarcane for the crushing season 2018-19.

          While giving this information, Minister of State for Co-operation, Mr Manish Grover said that out of total Rs 350 crore released for crushing season 2018-19, Rs 39 crore has been released to Cooperative Sugar Mills, Panipat, Rs 39.50 crore to Cooperative Sugar Mills, Rohtak, Rs 26.50 crore to Cooperative Sugar Mills, Karnal, Rs 35.50 crore to Cooperative Sugar Mills, Sonipat, Rs 38 crore to Cooperative Sugar Mills, Shahabad and Rs 28 crore to Cooperative Sugar Mills, Jind. Similarly, Rs 30.50 crore to Cooperative Sugar Mills, Palwal, Rs 48 crore to Cooperative Sugar Mills, Meham, Rs 36 crore to Cooperative Sugar Mills, Kaithal and Rs 29 crore to Cooperative Sugar Mills, Gohana.

          He said that during the crushing season 2018-19, 355.17 lakh quintals of cane was purchased for Rs 1,206.22 crore. Till date, payments of Rs 1,098.38 crore had been made out of Rs 350 crore released by the government. He said that sugarmills would make the payment of outstanding dues in the next coming week.

          He said that the interest of farmers is priority of the state government and it would ensure that no sugarcane farmer face any kind of difficulty.

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