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Launch Scheme For Procuring Cattle Dung Directly From Farmers: Standing Committee On Agriculture To Government
New push for procuring cattle dung directly from farmers. (Photo by Allison Joyce/Getty Images)
The Standing Committee on Agriculture has asked the Union government to launch a scheme for procurement of cattle dung directly from farmers, reports The Indian Express.
In a report tabled in the Lok Sabha, the committee cited the Chhattisgarh governmentâs cow dung procurement scheme â Godhan Nyay Yojana, and asked the Centre to launch a similar scheme for cattle dung procurement.
The Godhan Nyay Yojana was launched in July last year by the Chhattisgarh government. Under this, the state government procures cow dung at Rs 2 per kg from livestock owners, processes it into vermicompost and sells it back at Rs 8 per kg.
Agriculture Affairs Standing Committee in Lok Sabha praises Chhattisgarh s Godhan Nyaya Yojana ANI | Updated: Mar 11, 2021 06:32 IST
Raipur (Chhattisgarh) [India], March 10 (ANI): While presenting its report in the Lok Sabha, Standing Committee on Agriculture praised Chhattisgarh s Godhan Nyay Yojana and suggested the central government to implement a similar scheme of dung procurement for the entire country.
As per the Chhattisgarh government s release, while making recommendations to the central Government, Standing Committee on Agriculture in Lok Sabha, chaired by Parvatagowda Chandanagowda Gaddigowder on Tuesday said that procurement of cattle dung from farmers would not only boost their income but also create new employment opportunities, promote organic farming and solve the problem of stray cattle.
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Chhattisgarh, during the kharif year 2020-21, has procured over 92 lakh metric tonnes of paddy. (Photo | EPS)
CHHATTISGARH: Chhattisgarh has created opportunities out of the new normal in the Covid year when death and economic uncertainty have lurked all around, straining the resources and hitting at the very base of rural sustenance: agriculture. To its credit, the state has recorded the highest paddy procurement on Minimum Support Price (MSP) since the state was carved out from Madhya Pradesh in the year 2000.