Maharashtra Budget 2023: Farmers To Get Rs 6,000 Annual Direct Transfer From State Govt — Details
Maharashtra Budget 2023: Deputy Chief Minister and state Finance Minister Devendra Fadnavis announced that the state government will transfer Rs 6,000 rupees per year to the bank accounts of farmers.
New Delhi: Maharashtra's Deputy Chief Minister and state Finance Minister Devendra Fadnavis on Thursday presented State Budget in the Assembly and announced that his Government will transfer Rs 6,000 rupees per year in the bank accounts of farmers on the lines of the Union Government's flagship PM-KISAN scheme.
The government will bear the cost of Rs 6,900 crore for the direct transfer to farmers and it is expected to benefit 1.15 agrarian families, he mentioned.
- Farmers will get crop insurance at just Re 1.
- In previous scheme, farmers had to pay 2 per cent of premium on crop insurance. The state government will now pay the installment.
- The state exchequer will bear a cost of Rs 3312 crore for this.
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— Devendra Fadnavis (@Dev_Fadnavis) March 9, 2023
The Pradhan Mantri Kisan Samman Nidhi (PM-KISAN) scheme, launched by PM Modi in 2019, aims to provide income support to all landholder farmer families across the country with cultivable land, subject to specific exclusions.
In every four months period starting from April to July, August to November, and December to March of each fiscal year, the money is transferred to the farmers’ accounts in three equal installments of Rs 2,000 each. This scheme uses Direct Benefit Transfer (DBT) mode to send an amount of Rs 6,000 per year into the bank accounts of farming households across the country.
Thank you CM @mieknathshinde ji and all our colleagues for your kind wishes to Minister @dvkesarkar ji and me for the #MahaBudget2023 !#Maharashtra #BudgetSession2023 pic.twitter.com/9Zx9oi8Zde
— Devendra Fadnavis (@Dev_Fadnavis) March 9, 2023
Prior to this, noisy scenes were witnessed in the Maharashtra Assembly with the opposition demanding that the state government give immediate relief to farmers whose crops were destroyed in unseasonal rains accompanied by hailstorms earlier this week.
According to news agency PTI, the opposition members were on their feet when Speaker Rahul Narvekar rejected an adjournment notice submitted by the state Congress chief Nana Patole on the issue.
The Speaker said that the issue will be taken up for debate on Friday and urged MLAs to allow Question Hour to continue.
However, Patole remained adamant and was supported by Leader of Opposition Ajit Pawar, NCP MLA Chhagan Bhujbal, and Congress party's Balasaheb Thorat.
Bhujbal said nothing can be more important than providing relief to farmers and sought an immediate discussion on it.
Some opposition MLAs trooped into the Well of the House and shouted slogans against the government.
LoP Pawar criticised the government for not comforting the distressed farmers. Chief minister Eknath Shinde said his government will never leave farmers in the lurch.
Directives have been given for 'punchnamas' (loss assessment) on war footing, he said and asked the opposition not to indulge in politics on the issue, as per PTI.
The opposition, led by Ajit Pawar, later staged a walkout after calling the Shinde government as anti-farmer.
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