What is the Krushak Assistance for Livelihood and Income Augmentation (KALIA) Scheme?

KALIA Scheme was launched by the Odisha Government to reduce poverty and accelerate agricultural prosperity.

What is the Krushak Assistance for Livelihood and Income Augmentation (KALIA) Scheme?

About KALIA Scheme:

  • It was launched by the Odisha Government in December 2018, to reduce poverty and accelerate agricultural prosperity.
  • The KALIA scheme supports cultivators, small farmers and landless agricultural labourers.
  • It provides payments to farmers to encourage cultivation and associated activities.
  • Benefits:
    • Assistance for cultivation:
      • It gives financial assistance of Rs.25,000 for a farm family (small and marginal farmers) over five seasons to purchase inputs like fertilisers, seeds and pesticides.
      • The farm family can also use the financial assistance towards labour and other investments.
    • Assistance for livelihood:
      • The assistance for livelihood provides financial assistance of Rs.12,500 to all landless agricultural households for allied agricultural activities like mini-layer units, small goat rearing units, duckery units, mushroom cultivation, fishery kits for fisherman and bee-keeping, etc.
    • Assistance for vulnerable agricultural household:
      • The vulnerable cultivators or landless agricultural labourers will get financial assistance of Rs.10,000 per family every year to enable them to take care of their sustenance.
    • Life insurance for cultivators and landless agricultural labourers:
      • It provides a life insurance cover of Rs.2 lakh to cultivators and landless agricultural labourers between 18-50 years.
      • It also provides a personal accident cover of Rs.2 lakh.
    • Interest-free crop loan:
  • The KALIA scheme will provide crop loans up to Rs.50,000 at 0% interest for the vulnerable landless labourers, sharecroppers, cultivators, and agricultural families identified by Gram Panchayats.

 


Q1) What is the PM Kisan Scheme?

PM Kisan is a Central Sector scheme with 100% funding from Government of India.Under the scheme an income support of 6,000/- per year in three equal installments will be provided to all land holding farmer families.The fund will be directly transferred to the bank accounts of the beneficiaries.

Source: Odisha CM disburses Rs 877 crore KALIA assistance to 43 lakh farmers in state

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