Tag: Balaram Yojana

The sharecroppers — Bhagachashis — operate under heavy odds and are unable to take a long-term view about farming in the land they till.

Bhubaneswar: Odisha government on Thursday launched, ‘Balaram Yojana’ to provide crop loans to landless farmers. Under the new scheme the landless cultivators will get loans through joint liability groups (JLGs). The scheme was announced in a meeting headed by the State Chief Secretary, Asit Kumar Tripathy. Under ‘Balaram’ scheme, the government has set a target […]

Bhubaneswar: After KALIA Yojana, Odisha government introduced Balaram Yojana in the state on Thursday that promises to provide bank loan up to Rs 50,000 to sharecroppers, landless farmers and to those who are left out of the farm credit coverage. Odisha Agriculture Department Secretary, Sourav Garg today shared the details of the modalities through which […]