Haryana Chief Minister Nayab Singh Saini on Friday released an installment of Rs 300 crore as bonus for the farmers of the state on the occasion of ‘Guru Nanak Jayanti’. The official statement said that the amount was transferred directly to the bank accounts of 2.62 lakh farmers. Saini said that keeping the interests of farmers at the forefront, the state government had decided to give a bonus of Rs 2,000 per acre on agriculture and horticulture crops produced in the state due to adverse weather conditions during Kharif-2024.
A total of Rs 1,380 crore is to be released
On August 16, the Chief Minister had transferred a bonus amount of Rs 496 crore as the first installment to the accounts of 5.80 lakh farmers through Direct Benefit Transfer (DBT). Saini said that this bonus will be given to all those farmers who have registered themselves on the ‘Meri Fasal Mera Byora’ portal. A total amount of Rs 1,380 crore is to be given to the farmers. He said that till now two installments have been released under bonus item. As the third installment, an amount of Rs 580 crore will be transferred to the bank accounts of the remaining 4.94 lakh farmers through DBT in the next 10 to 15 days.
soil health card
Taking another initiative for the farmers, the Chief Minister started the distribution of 40 lakh soil health cards through WhatsApp. This step was taken to overcome the problems arising due to delay in printing the cards. Due to delay in card distribution, farmers were not able to implement the recommendations on time. Now, soil health cards will be sent directly to farmers’ mobile numbers through WhatsApp as soon as the soil test results are ‘uploaded’ on the online portal, he said.
