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

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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

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