Gujarat: State government announces Rs 330 crore package for farmers
The Gujarat government has announced a package of Rs 330 crore for farmers growing red onion-potatoes in the districts of Saurashtra. In connection with this package, the Chief Minister in reference to the offer made by Industries Minister Balwant Singh Rajput for the farmers of Patan district and Balkrishna Shukla, the magistrate for Vadodara district, to extend the benefits of this package to the farmers cultivating potatoes in these two districts. In the interest of the farmers of Patan and Vadodara districts, Bhupendra Patel has taken an immediate decision to include these two districts in the aid package scheme for potatoes.
20 crore assistance for export of red onion
On deciding to provide financial assistance of Rs. 100 per bag i.e. Rs. 2 per kg to farmers selling red onions in all APMCs of Saurashtra districts and maximum 50 bags (250 quintals) or Rs. 50 thousand to the beneficiary, an estimated Rs. 70 crore assistance will be given. On the basis of transportation assistance given earlier for red onion, it has been announced to export red onion outside other states/country to farmers/traders registered with the State Agricultural Produce Market Committee. Accordingly, in the first phase an estimated 2.00 lakh
An assistance of Rs 20 crore has been announced for the export of metric tonnes of red onions.
State government has decided to help
As the market price of potato is low as a result of high production of potato, the state government has received several offers to help in this regard. In this regard, the farmer-oriented sensitive government of the state has announced a total assistance of Rs 240 crore to help the potato producing farmers of the state. In which the state government has decided to help the farmers in various ways.
An estimated assistance amount of 20 crores will be provided
Potato producing farmers of the state, if they collect potatoes only for eating, then at the rate of Rs. 1 per kg, they store them in cold storage from February 1, 2023 to March 31, 2023, with financial assistance of Rs. 50 per bag and a maximum of 600 bags. If so, help will be given. For this assistance, primarily about 200 crores will be provided. 50 per sack i.e. Re 1 per kilogram and maximum 600 sacks per beneficiary financial assistance is to be given for the period from February 1 to March 31, 2023, to the farmer selling potatoes in the APMC of the state. In the initial estimate, Rs 20 crore will be given for this assistance.
