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No. 2173 CUTTACK, WEDNESDAY, DECEMBER 4, 2019 / MARGASIRA 13, 1941

AGRICULTURE & FARMERS' EMPOWERMENT DEPARTMENT

NOTIFICATION

The 30th November, 2019

No.22660-COL-18/2019/A& FE.—The State Cabinet in their 6th meeting held on

15th November, 2019 have approved the proposal for modification of “Farmers’ Welfare-

Krushak Assistance for Livelihood and Income Augmentation (KALIA)” scheme.

Introduction

The State had launched thePackage for Farmers’ Welfare –

Krushak Assistance for Livelihood and Income Augmentation

(KALIA) scheme during December, 2018. Similarly, a Central Sector

Scheme

namely,

"Pradhan

Mantri

Kisan

Samman

Nidhi

(PM-KISAN)" was launched during February, 2019, wherein income

support as assistance is provided to all eligible landholding farmers'

families in the Country.

Modification of

the scheme

The operational guidelines of both the schemes were

examined and it was decided that all the eligible farmers shall get

assistance from PM-KISAN during 2019-20.

The beneficiaries who have not yet received financial

assistance during 2018-19 under KALIA scheme, will also be

provided assistance for Rabi 2018-19.

As all the eligible farmers shall get assistance from

PM-KISAN from 2019-20, no assistance for Rabi, 2019 will be given

under KALIA scheme to these farmers.

Keeping parity of both the schemes, the small farmers/

marginal farmers may be given with Rs. 5,000/- for 2019-20 and

Rs. 4,000/- per year from 2020-21, so that they will get Rs. 10,000/-

annually i.e. Rs. 6,000/- from PM-KISAN and Rs. 4,000/- from

KALIA.

Applications from big/large farmers shall be collected through

online as the big/large farmers are eligible to get assistance from

PM-KISAN scheme i.e. Rs. 6,000/- annually.

2

The actual cultivators (share croppers) who are landless, if

any, will continue to get assistance from KALIA scheme i.e.

Rs. 10,000/- annually, since they are not considered under

PM-KISAN.

Former and present holders of constitutional posts and former

& present Ministers/ State Ministers and former/present Members of

Lok Sabha/ Rajya Sabha/ State Legislative Assemblies/ State

Legislative Councils, former and present Mayors of Municipal

Corporations,

former

and

present

Chairpersons

of

District

Panchayats and Professionals like Doctors, Engineers, Lawyers,

Chartered Accountants, and Architects registered with Professional

bodies and carrying out profession by undertaking practices shall

also be excluded from KALIA scheme as per PM-KISAN scheme so

that PM-KISAN and KALIA scheme will have common exclusion.

The farmers coming under Urban Local Bodies shall not be

considered for both the schemes.

As the Cooperation Department has decided to provide

interest free crop loan up to Rs. 1.00 lakh to all farmers, so the

component i.e. “Interest free crop loans” under KALIA which had a

provision to provide interest free crop loan up to Rs. 0.50 lakh to all

farmers has been subsumed and need not be further considered

under KALIA.

Since number of beneficiaries under KALIA has been

increased so that no one will be left out, the component “Financial

Assistance to Vulnerable Agricultural Households” is dropped from

KALIA.

The scheme KALIA is gaining wide adaptability day by day

among the farming community, for which the scheme shall be

extended till the scheme PM-KISAN continues.

Financial

Implications

The additional funds required for 2019-20 & 2020-21 is

Rs. 4587.584 crore & Rs. 3404.0224 crore respectively excluding

the funds required for other components of KALIA scheme and

administrative cost. Funds required after 2020-21 shall be calculated

based on the actual eligible beneficiaries.

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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