Rs. 4,000 per acre incentive provided to farmers adopting Direct Seeded Rice during Kharif 2024- Agriculture Minister

Chandigarh : Haryana Agriculture and Farmers’ Welfare Minister, Shyam Singh Rana informed that the State Government has implemented a scheme to provide an incentive of Rs. 4,000 per acre to farmers adopting the Direct Seeded Rice (DSR) method for paddy cultivation during Kharif 2024.The Minister was responding to a question during the Budget Session of the State Vidhan Sabha here today.

He said that under the scheme, 27,378 farmers in the state have been found eligible for benefits, covering a total area of 1,56,891 acres. Out of these, 18,007 farmers cultivating 1,09,245 acres have already been paid an incentive amount of Rs. 40.36 crore at the rate of Rs. 4,000 per acre.

He further informed that the payment of Rs. 19.06 crore to 9,371 farmers covering 47,646 acres is still pending. The delay occurred due to a cyberattack on the cloud server, which led to the isolation of the data cluster protected by RailTel Corporation of India. The department is coordinating with RailTel to restore the data. Once the data is restored, the pending payments will be released within the next month.

Responding to a supplementary question, the Minister also said that the pending claims of farmers under the Pradhan Mantri Fasal Bima Yojana are also being addressed, and efforts are underway to resolve them at the earliest.