Godhan Nyay Yojana

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Recently, the Standing Committee on Agriculture asked the Centre to launch a scheme for procurement of cattle dung from farmers while citing the Godhan Nyay Yojana.

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• The Committee considered that procuring cattle dung directly from the farmers will augment their income and provide employment opportunities .
• The Committee, therefore, recommended the Department to initiate a scheme for procurement of cattle dung from farmers in coordination with the Department of Animal Husbandry and Dairying.

Godhan Nyay Yojana

• Godhan Nyay Yojana’ is the scheme launched on 21st July 2020, on the occasion of Hareli, the first festival of the state, by the Chhattisgarh
• Under this ,the state government would procure cow dung at ? 2 per k.g. from the farmers and cattle rearers of the state which will lead to income as well as employment generation initially in the rural pocket later across the state.
• After procuring the cow dung, the government would get the procured cow dung turned into vermicompost by Women Self-Help Group (WSHG) and later the organic manure would be sold through cooperative societies to meet the fertilizer requirement of the farmers as well as that of the Agriculture, Forest, Horticulture and Urban Administration Department for various plantation campaigns .
• The government will also make arrangements for the marketing of additional organic fertilizer.

Significance

• It will also prevent the practice of open grazing of cattle and accidents on the road due to stray animals.
• It will also address the problem of stray cattle and promote organic farming in the country as the country has a vast cattle population.
• Animal husbandry would be hugely boosted and organic fertilizer would be encouraged as it would be easily available at an affordable price at the local level, resulting in huge economic profit for the forming community.

Source :IE