Subsidy of Rs1000 per acre for farmers in Bihar

Bihar government today sanctioned Rs88.41crore for providing subsidy of Rs1000 per acre to farmers for promoting production of "onion and potato" in the Rabi season.
   
The amount was sanctioned at the state cabinet meet presided over by chief minister Nitish Kumar at state secretariat here, State's Cabinet Coordination department's principal secretary Girish Shankar told reporters.
   
"The special grant for the farmers for promoting the production of onion and potato during this rabi season has become necessary as the kharif crops have been badly affected because of the drought in most parts of the state," Shankar said.
   
He said the farming of onion and potato was done on 128220acre and 755900acres of land in Bihar and the subsidy would be made available to all categories of onion and potato growers through panchayats.