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BIJU KBK FUND INCREASED TO
RS250 CRORE
Sunday, 01 November 2015 | PNS | BHUBANESWAR | in Bhubaneswar
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The State Government on Saturday increased the Biju
KBK Yojana fund from Rs120 crore to Rs250 crore.
Chief Minister Naveen Patnaik taking a decision in
this regard said the Biju KBK fund was increased as the Centre has stopped
assistance for development in the Koraput, Balangir and Kalahandi regions. The
State Government would bear the excess expenditure of Rs130 crore from its own
fund, Patnaik said.
The scheme would be implemented in eight districts
under the KBK region from this year, informed an official release.
Notably, the State Government has been implementing
the Biju KBK Scheme since 2006 with annual budget of Rs120 crore.
The Union Government has stopped giving usual
assistance of Rs130 crore for the development of the region for the current
year.
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3K KHARIF PADDY MANDIS SOON
Sunday, 01 November 2015 | pns | BHUBANESWAR | in Bhubaneswar
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Advising farmers not to sell their paddy directly
to the millers, the State Government on Saturday decided to open 3,000 mandis
(procurement centres) for procurement of kharif paddy directly from peasants.
The procurement would begin from November 15.
Food Supplies and Consumer Welfare Minister Sanjay
Dasburma along with his Department Secretary Madhusudan Padhi and other senior
officials on Sunday held a meeting here with farmers’ representatives and
millers coming from all districts to streamline the paddy procurement process.
Dasburma told reporters the paddy procurement
automation system (P-PASS) which had been implemented in 60 blocks last year would
be extended to 100 more blocks this year.
With regard to payment to the farmers, he said the
farmers who would sell their paddy would be credited online to their accounts
through P-PAS from this year directly.
Maintaining that his department has set a
procurement target of 23 lakh metric tonnes of Kharif paddy and seven lakh
metric tonnes of Rabi paddy this year, the Minister said a decision has been
taken to procure more paddy if necessity arises.
He added that the State Government would request
the Centre to increase the minimum support price (MSP) of paddy.
STATE EDITIONS
4 MORE FARMERS COMMIT SUICIDE
Sunday, 01 November 2015 | PNS | NUAPADA/
DHENKANAL/ BALANGIR/JAJPUR | in Bhubaneswar
Four farmers on Saturday committed suicide in
Nuapada, Balangir, Jajpur and Dhenkanal districts due to crop loss and also
being unable to bear the burden of loan taken for cultivation.
Sadhu Nial (40), a small farmer of Komna town in
Nuapada district, committed suicide on Friday evening by hanging himself from
the roof of his house. It is the fourth case of farmer suicide in the district
this year.
Sadhu’s father Amgad Nial belonged to Charpani
village of Turekela block in Balangir district. Angand migrated to Nuapada
district in 1965 and settled in Komna in a small piece of Government land. The
family has three acres of ancestral land at Charpani, which brings 20 quintals
of paddy every year. “This year, the yield was only two quintals which was
given as wage to the labourers engaged in harvesting,” said Sadhu’s wife
Urmila.
Sadhu had taken a hand loan of Rs15,000 from a
moneylender. In addition, Urmila also took a loan of Rs30,000 from the Rajguru
SHG. “He became worried about repayment of the loans as the crop failed and
must have taken the harsh decision to end his life,” added Urmila.
Sadhu was the sole earning member of the family.
The burden of managing the family with two children and old parents has now
fallen upon Urmila.
In Dhenkanal district, Bhramarbara Naik of
Ostapur village in Odapada block ended his life by consuming poison while Sadhu
Laguri of Garania village in Sukinda block in Jajpur district also took the
extreme step being unable to bear the crop loss due to scanty rainfall and loan
burden.
In Balangir too, a distressed farmer identified
as Laxmidhar Putel of Belpada committed suicide by consuming pesticides. Family
members said he was in mental stress due to the crop damage and loan.
Meanwhile, concerned district administration
officials started investigation to ascertain the exact reasons of the deaths.
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