Jharkhand first in giving benefits of per drop more crops to farmers

Ranchi: Jharkhand has emerged as a leading state it in providing benefits to the farmers under One drop more crops scheme in the entire country.

Chief Secretary D K Tiwari has directed Agriculture Secretary Pooja Singhal to make and analysis regarding the implementation of per drop more crop scheme which is part of the Pradhan Mantri Krishi Sinchai Yojana. He has directed that a case study should be done as to understand what changes have been noticed in the economic condition of the farmers after the implementation of the scheme, Mr Tiwari said while chairing a state level approval committee meet on the scheme.

The chief secretary has directed that under the per drop more crop scheme the beneficiaries should be encouraged to undertake cultivation of fruits and under them, cultivation of vegetables should be encouraged as it will in future help to double the income of the farmers. He instructed that in this financial year the scheme should be implemented at such places where there is a presence of water especially near check dams this scheme should be implemented. Under the scheme, the government provides 90% subsidy to small and marginal farmers while other farmers are provided 80% subsidy for drip irrigation scheme and sprinkler irrigation scheme. 

Stressing on the need for utilisation of every drop of water he said that the government is working on forming a new water policy and pointed that it in the manner in which the underground water table is decreasing and water crisis is becoming a challenging crisis it has become  mandatory to do rainwater harvesting for which resource needs to be developed.

The chief secretary said that for water conservation process is on to form a Jal Yojana committee under the development Commissioner in which departments such as water resources drinking water and sanitation rural development and Urban Development would be combined and with their budgetary provisions Jal Yojana Samiti would be formed which would be working in a planned manner for water conservation.

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