KALIA

About:

• Full form of KALIA: Krushak Assistance for Livelihood and Income Augmentation.
  
  
• Background: KALIA was launched in December 2018 and completed its first phase of registration recently.
  
  
• Launched by: Odisha government.
  
  
• Budget: Under the scheme, Rs 10,180 crore will be spent over three years until 2020-21 in providing financial assistance to cultivators and landless agricultural labourers.
  
  
• Beneficiaries:
  • The scheme will benefit 92% of the cultivators in the state and include every category from big farmers to landless cultivators.
    
    
  • Although the scheme is not linked to the amount of land owned, the government insists it will “greatly benefit” sharecroppers and cultivators, who own little or no land.
    
    
  
  
  
• Features:
  • All farmers will be provided Rs 10,000 per family as assistance for cultivation. Crop loans up to Rs 50,000 are interest-free.
    
    
  • They will be supported with a unit cost of Rs 12,500 for activities like goat rearing, mushroom cultivation, beekeeping, poultry farming and fishery.
    
    
  • Elderly, sick and differently-abled population who are unable to take up cultivation, will be provided Rs 10,000 per household per year for sustenance.
    
    
  • It also includes a life insurance cover of Rs 2 lakh and additional personal accident coverage of the same amount for 57 lakh households.