Chief Minister Mr. Baghel virtually releases amount of Rs 10.70 crore to the beneficiaries of Godhan Nyay Yojana from Rajpur itself
05-May-2022
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In a first, Chief Minister released the amount of Godhan Nyay Yojana from outside the state capital
Chief Minister released 43rd installment to the beneficiaries of this scheme amidst his tour ensuring that there is no delay in payment
Amount of Godhan Nyay Yojana is being released to the beneficiaries every fortnight as promised by Chief Minister
Rs 138.56 crore paid to cow dung vendors so far
Women SHGs associated with Gauthans earned an income of Rs 65.54 crore
Chief Minister Mr. Bhupesh Baghel on Thursday virtually released an amount of Rs 10 crore 70 lakh online to cattle rearers, women Self-Help Groups associated with Gauthans, and Gauthan committees under Godhan Nyay Yojana during a programme organized at Rajpur in Balrampur district. The amount includes payment of Rs 2.34 crore in lieu of cow dung purchased from cattle rearers, farmers and landless from April 16 to April 30 and Rs 5.04 crore to Gauthan committees and Rs 3.32 crore to women SHGs as dividend.
Agriculture Minister Mr. Ravindra Choubey, Urban Administration Minister Dr. Shiv Kumar Dahriya, Parliamentary Secretary Mr. Chintamani Maharaj, Advisor to Chief Minister Mr. Pradeep Sharma, Chief Secretary Mr. Amitabh Jain, Additional Chief Secretary to Chief Minister Mr. Subrat Sahoo, Principal Secretary and Godhan Nyay Mission Coordinator Dr. Alok Shukla, Agriculture Production Commissioner Dr. Kamal Preet Singh along with other senior officials were present on the occasion.
The amount of Godhan Nyay Yojana is being released to the beneficiaries regularly every fortnight as promised by Chief Minister. Chief Minister will be on a tour of Surguja division till May 11 as a part of his meet and greet campaign titled ‘Bhent-Mulaqat Abhiyan’. Chief Minister Bhupesh Baghel today released an amount of Rs 10.70 crore online as 43rd installment to the beneficiaries of this scheme amidst his tour ensuring that there is no delay in releasing the amount of Godhan Nyay Yojana.
Godhan Nyay Yojana is first-of-its-kind scheme in the country and world under which cow dung is being purchased at the rate of Rs 2 per kg. Rs 136.22 crore has already been paid to villagers in lieu of cow dung purchased till April 15 in Gauthans. Today, after payment of Rs 2.34 crore to cow dung vendors, the amount has increased to Rs 138.56 crore. Rs 59.57 crore has been paid as dividend to Gauthan committees and Rs 38.98 crore to women self-help groups so far.
Cow dung purchased under the scheme is being used to manufacture various products including vermicompost, super compost, and super compost plus on a large scale in the state-run Gauthans. Nearly 13 lakh 94 thousand quintals of vermi compost and more than 4 lakh 97 thousand quintals of super compost and 18 thousand 925 quintals of super compost plus has been manufactured by women SHGs. This is being supplied to government departments and farmers at a concessional rate through societies. The women groups are also earning an additional income by manufacturing and selling ‘gau-kasht’, earthen lamps, incense sticks, idols and other stuffs. Apart from this, various other income-oriented activities are being conducted in Gauthans, due to which women SHGs have received an income of Rs 65 crore 54 lakh so far. As many as 12,013 women self-help groups comprising of about 82725 members are directly associated with Gauthans in the state.
Electricity generation from cow dung has been started in Gauthans. Besides, MoU has been signed to manufacture natural paint using cow dung. According to the direction of Chief Minister Bhupesh Baghel, Gauthans are being developed as Rural Industrial Parks. To promote income-oriented activities, agriculture and forest produce based processing units are being set up rapidly in the state. In the first phase, establishment of oil mills in 161 Gauthans and Pulse Mills in 197 Gauthans has been started. So far, oil mills have been established in 38 Gauthans and Pulse Mills in 91 Gauthans.
Construction of Gauthans is being done at a rapid pace in the villages for efficient livestock management and conservation. So far, approval has been given for construction of Gauthans in 10,622 villages in the state, out of which 8,397 Gauthans are functional and 3 thousand 89 Gauthans have become self-supporting. Cow dung worth Rs 13 crore 18 lakh has been purchased by self-supporting Gauthans using their own funds. More than 2 lakh 11 thousand rural and livestock farmers are getting benefited from Godhan Nyay Yojana. Women make up 45.19 per cent of those earning additional income by selling cow dung. More than one lakh 18 thousand landless families are getting benefited from this scheme.
