EXTRAORDINARY
PUBLISHED BY AUTHORITY
No. 965 CUTTACK, TUESDAY, JUNE 4, 2019 / JAISTHA 14, 1941
DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE & FARMERS' EMPOWERMENT
NOTIFICATION
The 1st June, 2019
No. 10051–AP-I-247/2018/A&FE.— The State Cabinet in their 1st meeting held on 29th May, 2019 have approved the proposal for modification of "Farmers Welfare-Krushak Assistance for Livelihood and Income Augmentation (KALIA)" scheme.
| Introduction | The Krushak Assistance for Livelihood and Income Augmentation (KALIA) scheme to further accelerate agricultural prosperity and provide financial assistance to the farmers / landless agricultural households is being implemented in the State. It had been approved to cover 42.66 lakh small / marginal farmers/ actual cultivators (share croppers) / landless agricultural households during 2018-19. Further, it had been approved to cover an additional 2.5 lakh small / marginal farmers/ actual cultivators (share croppers) and an additional 5 lakh landless agricultural households during 2019-20. |
| Need for enhancement of the scheme | It has been now decided that a further additional 32.34 lakh (7.5 lakh + 24.84 lakh) small farmers/ marginal farmers/ actual cultivators (share croppers)/landless agricultural households be included in the KALIA scheme during 2019-20, apart from the farm families already assisted in 2018-19, so that no one who is eligible will be left out. Thus, a total of 75 lakh farm families will be included in the KALIA scheme, so that no one who is eligible will be left out. Out of this 50 lakh will be small farmers/ marginal farmers/ actual cultivators (share croppers) and the balance 25 lakh will |
| be landless agricultural households, which could be modified between the categories by the Government, subject to the overall target under these two components of 75 lakh farm families. | |
| Financial Implications | The funds required for 2019-20 is estimated to be Rs.3234 crore excluding the administrative cost, for the 32.34 lakh farmers/ landless agricultural households, in addition to the funds already approved for the existing beneficiaries under KALIA scheme. |
ORDER
Ordered that the notification be published in the Extraordinary issue of Odisha Gazette.
By Order of the Governor
Dr. SAURABH GARG
Principal Secretary to Government