How can small and marginal farmers be support by the govt?
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They can be supported by the following ways 1)They can be provided cheap agricultural loans 2)More subsidies can be provided to the farmers 3)More agricultural education institutes can be opened
Government is taking all possible steps for the welfare of the farming community and to make agriculture sector an attraction vocation.
Important schemes/programmes being implemented for the welfare of farmers, and particularly the small and marginal ones, are Rashtriya Krishi Vikas Yojana, National Food Security Mission, Integrated Scheme for Farmers’ Income Security (including covering risks through insurance cover), Price Support Scheme (PSS), Market Intervention Scheme (MIS), National Horticulture Mission, Funding of Farmer Producer’s Organisations, Self Help Groups of Small & Marginal Farmers for achieving benefits of economies of scale, Augmentation of Extension Services, Crop diversification etc.
Small and marginal farmers are especially encouraged to form aggregates to avail the benefits of economies of scale in sourcing the inputs and for marketing their produce. Farmers are being provided inputs such as seeds, fertilizers, farm machinery and implements etc. at subsidized rates.
Farmers are also provided Institutional Credit at concessional interest rate of 4% on farm loans provided they repay their loan in time.
Government has approved, in principle, the restructuring of the schemes/programmes into five Missions, five Centrally Sponsored Schemes and one State plan Scheme for implementation from the year 2014-15 in order to have focused approach and to avoid overlap.