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NEW HOPE
NEW DAWN AGRICULTURE REFORMS

FARMERS NOW THE REAL OWNER OF
FARM PRODUCES

A GIFT OF HAPPINESS DREAMS GETTING REALISED

l So far, 22.39 Crore Soil Health Cards have l The Government is encouraging Startups
been distributed enabling farmers to opt for in the agriculture sector to enhance job
the right crop opportunities for youth and to provide better
l The cost of fertilizers has reduced. Subsidy for income to farmers. At least 346 Startups
fertilizers was also provided under the Direct related to agriculture and allied fields were
Benefit Transfer. About 9 Lakh farmers were started. These Startups will also help in new
given training for horticulture. Also, farmers innovations
were provided loans on lesser interest rates l For improving agriculture-related
l Irrigation facilities were ensured and the infrastructure, agri infra fund worth Rs 1 Lakh
farmers were given expert advice on crops Crore was established in August 2020. Basic
over calls and text messages agri infrastructure, including warehouse,
transport system, processing and packaging
Under the Kisan So far, is being developed with this fund
Samman Nidhi, 10.19 Crore Rs 7 LAKH CRORE to
every year, a 10 be disbursed among farmers
farmer gets farmers were given
Rs 6,000 Rs 94,000 years, under So far, farmers were given Rs
the Kisan
directly into the Samman Nidhi 94,000 CRORE
bank accounts Crore
l During Coronavirus, while all the sectors were
l Pradhan Mantri Fasal Bima Yojana ensured facing recession, the farm sector had a record
production. It has reported a growth of 3.4 per
crop insurance at a minimum cost. This helped
in compensating crop loss cent in the first two quarters. It is expected to
improve further in the upcoming year
l National Agriculture Market, e-NAM, was
launched for inter-State trading of farm products l This year, there will be a lot of improvements
in the infrastructure. The pace of this
l Micro irrigation facilities are provided. This has
reduced the cost of irrigation by 50 per cent. development will be fast so that by 2022, the
Government can fulfil the promise of doubling
The requirement for fertilizers also dropped by
42 per cent the income of farmers
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