Business News Desk – 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 this amount was transferred directly to the bank accounts of 2.62 lakh farmers. Saini said that keeping the interests of farmers paramount, the state government has decided to give a bonus of Rs 2,000 per acre on agricultural and horticultural crops produced in the state due to adverse weather conditions during Kharif-2024.
A total of Rs 1,380 crore will be released
The Chief Minister had transferred the bonus amount of Rs 496 crore as the first installment into the accounts of 5.80 lakh farmers through Direct Benefit Transfer (DBT) on August 16. 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 of Rs 1,380 crore is to be given to the farmers. He informed that till now two installments have been released under the 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 distributing 40 lakh soil health cards through WhatsApp. This step was taken to overcome the problems caused by delay in printing of cards. Due to delay in card distribution, farmers were not able to implement the recommendations on time. He informed that now as soon as the soil test results are ‘uploaded’ on the online portal, the soil health cards will be sent directly to the mobile numbers of the farmers through WhatsApp.
