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Good News! First installment of Rajiv Gandhi Kisan Nyaya Yojana to come into Farmers’ Account on May 21

On May 21, the Chhattisgarh government will pay the first installment of the Rajiv Gandhi Kisan Nyay Yojana to farmers. The funds will be deposited into the bank accounts of the farmers.

Chintu Das
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Farmers

Farmers of Chhattisgarh will get Rs. 5700 crores of Rajiv Gandhi Kisan Nyaya Yojana in four installments like last year. The first installment of justice will be sent to the farmers' account on May 21. This decision was taken in a virtual meeting of the cabinet sub-committee chaired by Agriculture and Water Resources Minister Ravindra Choubey. In the sub-committee, the draft to add some more crops to the justice plan is also discussed.

Choubey told the media that they picked the date because it was former Prime Minister Rajiv Gandhi's death anniversary. This state government's flagship scheme is considered as a confidence booster for farmers, and it has boosted the farming and farm sector in Chhattisgarh.

From December 1, 2020 to February 15, this year, the scheme procured a whopping 92 lakh tonnes of paddy from farmers. Farmers are granted a financial assistance of Rs 10,000 per acre under the scheme, in addition to the minimum support price set by the Union government.

It was decided in the meeting that in the year Kharif season 2021, farmers cultivating paddy, sugarcane, maize as well as farmers cultivating pulses, oilseeds, kodo-kutki, ragi, ramatil etc. in this scheme Will be benefited Also, the proposal to give them input support for cultivation of Kharif crops will be prepared by the Agriculture Department, which will be placed before the Cabinet soon.

What is Rajiv Gandhi Kisan Nyay Yojana?

Rajiv Gandhi Kisan Nyaya Yojana was started in 2020 on behalf of the state's Baghel government. Through this scheme, farmers are given the benefit of the difference of the support price of paddy. Due to this, farmers do not suffer losses in the production of crops.

Register for this to take advantage of the scheme:

- First of all, go to the official website of Rajiv Gandhi Kisan Nyaya Yojana.

- Now the home page will open in front of you.

- On the home page, you have to click on the link of Rajiv Gandhi Kisan Nyaya Yojana Apply Online.

- Now the application form will open in front of you.

- You have to enter all the important information asked in the application form such as your name, phone number, address etc.

- After this you will have to upload all the important documents.

- Now you have to click on submit button.

- In this way, you will be able to apply under Rajiv Gandhi Kisan Nyay Yojana.

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