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Katihar farmers get lakhs in subsidy for organic farming
Katihar district is pushing organic farming and agricultural processing under Bihar's fourth Agriculture Road Map, with the state agriculture department offering subsidies on vermicompost units, gobar-gas plants, oil processing and cold-press oil extraction units.
A permanent vermicompost unit gets 50% subsidy or up to Rs 5,000. Against a target of 1,400 units, 719 farmers have applied for 2,031 units, and verification is ongoing. Gobar-biogas units get 50% or up to Rs 22,500, 41 applications have come in against a target of eight units.
Oil processing units can get up to Rs 9.90 lakh in assistance. Under the PM-RKVY scheme, nine cold-press oil extraction and packaging units are targeted, with general category farmers getting Rs 2 lakh and SC farmers Rs 2.50 lakh. District agriculture officer Rajiv Kumar has urged farmers to apply on the DBT portal.
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The scheme has attracted more than double the applications for vermicompost units against the target, indicating strong farmer interest. However, verification of 2,031 applications is still pending, meaning disbursal may lag. For oil processing and cold-press units, the number of applications is not yet disclosed, so uptake remains unclear. The next step is for farmers to apply through the DBT portal to access the subsidies.
Source: bhaskar.com
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