Tag: Kalia Scheme

Odisha government had earlier this year announced that the eligible farmers will receive financial assistance of Rs 2,000 twice a year during the next three years on the occasions of Akshaya Tritiya and Nuakhai

The financial assistance will be transferred to the bank accounts of the beneficiaries in a special programme at 5 pm tomorrow.

The Odisha cabinet on Monday decided to carry on with the Krushak Assistance for Livelihood and Income Augmentation (KALIA) scheme for three more years.

Bhubaneswar: More and more questions are being raised over State government’s decision to spend money from the contingency fund for implementation of KALIA scheme. As per reports, an amount of nearly Rs 735 crore will be used from the contingency fund for KALIA scheme and the move has been approved by the Odisha Finance department. […]

Bhubaneswar: Farmers will get cash benefits under the KALIA scheme on January 25 and nearly 12 to 14 lakh farmers will be benefitted from the scheme in the first phase, informed Cooperation Department Secretary, Krishan Kumar today. The first phase of ‘green form’ application process has ended and nearly 60 lakh farmers have submitted applications. […]

Bhubaneswar: While addressing a gathering on the opening day of the 5-day farmers’ convention Krushi Odisha-2019 in Bhubaneswar today, Chief Minister Naveen Patnaik said that Krushak Assistance for Livelihood and Income Augmentation (KALIA) scheme will open new doors of development. “KALIA is an ideal scheme not only for Odisha but for the entire nation. It […]

Bhubaneswar: A day after Odisha Chief Minister Naveen Patnaik announced the Krushak Assistance for Livelihood and Income Augmentation (KALIA) scheme to support small and marginal farmers and landless agricultural labourers in the State, questions are now being raised on how far it will be able to cover all the eligible beneficiaries. While CM Naveen claimed […]

Bhubaneswar: The BJD government has come under severe attack from the Opposition over the recently-launched KALIA scheme. The Congress today brought allegations of tender fixing in the implementation of KALIA scheme. At a presser in Bhubaneswar today, Odisha Congress media cell chief, Satya Prakash Nayak alleged that the printing of banners, posters, leaflets and stickers […]

Balasore: While the beneficiaries have alleged that they are unable to receive the enrolment forms for the KALIA scheme, a video of a man selling the forms at Makhanpur panchayat office under Khaira block of Balasore district has gone viral. “As the forms are not available at the panchayat office, we bought them at Rs […]

Bhubaneswar: Amidst the hue and cry over the Krushak Assistance for Livelihood and Income Augmentation (KALIA) scheme, Odisha Cooperation Minister SN Patro on Saturday said that the beneficiaries under the scheme will get monetary assistance by January 26. “Money will be directly credited to the bank accounts of nearly 12.4 lakh farmers who are having […]

Bhubaneswar: Criticising the Naveen Patnaik-led BJD government in Odisha, Union Minister Dharmendra Pradhan on Sunday said that the State government is trying to avoid basic issues such as price, pension and farm loan waiver by announcing the Krushak Assistance for Livelihood and Income Augmentation (KALIA) scheme. He alleged that the Odisha government has no intention […]

Puri: Chief Minister Naveen today released financial assistance to around 12.45 lakh farmers in the first-phase of the much-hyped Krushak Assistance for Livelihood and Income Augmentation (KALIA) scheme. “I release the funds for 12 lakh farmers of the State. With the blessings of Lord Jagannath, I start the KALIA Yatra from Puri today and it […]

Ganjam: Despite the launch of Krushak Assistance for Livelihood and Income Augmentation (KALIA) scheme which claimed to benefit about 92% farmers of the State, the Odisha Government has failed to reduce the sufferings of farmers in the State. Two suicides in a span of four days have certainly silenced the hullabaloo of the government that […]

Bhubaneswar: Amidst controversy and war of words, Odisha government is all set to launch the KALIA scheme in Puri tomorrow. However, confusion still looms over the number of beneficiaries and the dates when the beneficiaries will get monetary assistance as there is no coherence in the statements of the Cooperation minister and the departmental Secretary’s […]

Bhubaneswar: In the crucial election year, Odisha government seems to be firing all weapons in its armoury to woo voters with several new populist schemes. Be it the KALIA scheme, Ama Gaon Ama Bikash, Food Security Act or the Biju Yuva Bahini, CM Naveen Patnaik-led BJD government is rolling out sops and schemes at an […]