Parliamentary panel recommends extending PM-Kisan benefits to farm labourers, proposes incentives to manage paddy stubble and MSP for all organic crops | India News – The Times of India

Parliamentary panel recommends extending PM-Kisan benefits to farm labourers, proposes incentives to manage paddy stubble and MSP for all organic crops | India News – The Times of India

Representative image (Picture credit: PTI) NEW DELHI: A parliamentary panel recommended that the benefits under the central income support scheme (PM-Kisan) be extended to farm labourers, noting that nearly 55 per cent of the country’s population is engaged in the farm sector but not all as landowners.Currently, only landholder farmer families receive an annual Rs…

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Government may use PM-KISAN database for direct cash transfer of fertiliser subsidy | India News – Times of India

Government may use PM-KISAN database for direct cash transfer of fertiliser subsidy | India News – Times of India

NEW DELHI: The fertiliser department has asked the agriculture ministry to develop a module for determining the quantum of subsidy using land, cropping pattern and soil health data of farmers for the roll out of Direct Cash Transfer (DCT) to farmers. A parliamentary panel has also backed this.The need for DCT for fertiliser subsidy has…

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