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Odisha govt. transfers funds to sharecroppers under KALIA
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Odisha Chief Minister transferred funds to 57,614 sharecroppers under the Krushak Assistance for Livelihood and Income Augmentation (KALIA) scheme
Important Facts
About KALIA Scheme
- Under the scheme, Rs 10,180 crore will be spent over three years until 2020-21 in providing financial assistance to nearly 50 lakh families of cultivators and landless agricultural labourers.
- All farmers will be provided Rs 10,000 per family as assistance for cultivation.
- Each family will get Rs 5,000 separately in the Kharif (on Akshaya Tritiya) and Rabi seasons (on Nuakhai day), for six cropping seasons between 2018-19 and 2021-22.
- Further, crop loans up to Rs. 50,000 would be provided interest-free to the beneficiaries.
- Also, around 10 lakh landless families will be supported with Rs. 12,500 to take up agricultural activities like small goat-rearing units, mini layer units, duck units, fishery kits for fishermen and women, mushroom cultivation and bee keeping.
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