Odisha government has launched KALIA, a new scheme to support farm community with payments to encourage cultivation and associated activities.
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.
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