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The state government has launched a new Balaram Yojana 2023 to provide agricultural credit of Rs. 1,040 crore to landless farmers. This agriculture credit amount will help farmers who are facing difficulties due to the COVID – 19 pandemic outbreak. Around 7 lakh landless cultivators would be benefited from the Balaram Scheme in the upcoming 2 years.
Odisha Balaram Yojana 2023
Odisha Balaram Yojana was launched by chief secretary A K Tripathy on 2 July 2020. All the landless farmers who were unable to get farm credit earlier will now get loans through joint liability groups. This loan amount will act as social collateral for land-less farmers.
The new Balaram Yojana is designed in collaboration with the National Bank for Agriculture and Rural Development (NABARD). Moreover, the village agriculture workers will implement the agricultural credit programme at the field level.
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n the Odisha Balaram Yojana 2023, the state govt. will extend credit to cultivators which would be a firm step towards enhancing productivity in the agricultural sector. As the nation-wide COVID-19 lockdown had been imposed to prevent Coronavirus outbreak, many landless farmers along with their families had suffered the most. Now there is a need to provide such farmers with an agricultural credit, for which the new Balaram Yojana has been started.
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Odisha Balaram Scheme Implementation
Odisha state government has given directions to the officials to mobilize the banking sector through State Level Bankers Committee. The SLBC will now extend credit support to the landless farmers and sharecroppers who do not get loans due to lack of resources. The 2 state run organizations will be the nodal agencies at the state and district levels for implementation of the Balaram Yojana in Odisha :-
- Institute on Management of Agricultural Extension (IMAE) will be nodal agency at the state level for Balaram Scheme implementation.
- Agricultural Technology Management Agency (ATMA) will be nodal agency at the district level for Balaram Scheme implementation.
The agricultural credit would be made available to landless farmers as a normal crop loan. The state govt. has also directed officials to work out an appropriate institutional mechanism for coordination and monitoring at different levels.
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