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LATEST NEWS UPDATES | Development plan to benefit 1.3 crore farmers-T Ramakrishnan

Development plan to benefit 1.3 crore farmers-T Ramakrishnan

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published Published on Jan 31, 2013   modified Modified on Jan 31, 2013
-The Hindu

Chennai: Aimed at benefiting over 1.3 crore agriculturists, land development activities for farming will be taken up shortly on lands belonging to the Scheduled Castes/Scheduled Tribes besides small and marginal farmers.

As a prelude to this step, gram sabhas in 12,524 village panchayats met on Republic Day and approved the lists of the farmers identified by Rural Development and Agriculture Departments of the State governments. Assessment of requirements of the farmers is under way. Once this exercise is completed, activities such as land levelling and soil conservation will be taken up, according to officials.

This initiative of the government, when implemented across the State, will cover 1.34 crore persons, of whom marginal farmers [owning up to 2.5 acres of dry land or 1.25 acres of wet land] account for 1.18 crore; small farmers [five acres of dry land or 2.5 acres of wet land] – 12.33 lakh; SCs – 9.1 lakh and STs – 62,114.

The move will seek to address effectively the issue of labour shortage being experienced by small and marginal farmers or SC/ST farmers. One oft-repeated criticism is that it is because of the MGNREGS the farm sector is experiencing labour shortage. By permitting the MGNREGS works on lands of SC/STs and small and marginal farmers, a solution is sought to be found.

According to a State Government order, works on the lands of SC/STs will be taken up on a priority. Once they are saturated in a village panchayat, works on lands of small and marginal farmers may be considered. The government has also made it clear that only 100 per cent labour-oriented works will be taken up. As for the material component – [for instance, provision of inputs in the form of seeds and manure], it will be dovetailed with other schemes of the Agriculture and other departments.

The National Food Security Mission – Rice and Pulses, National Agricultural Development Programme, Integrated Wasteland Development Programme, Integrated Forest Protection, National Horticulture Mission and State Fodder Development Scheme are among the programmes identified for dovetailing with the MGNREGS.

The Hindu, 31 January, 2013, http://www.thehindu.com/todays-paper/tp-national/development-plan-to-benefit-13-crore-farmers/article4363492.ece


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