The Government of Odisha has launched the KALIA Chhatra Bruti scholarship for the children of farmers.
a. Bihar
b. Uttarakhand
c. Odisha
d. Rajasthan
- The scholarship is under the KALIA, Krushak Assistance for Livelihood and Income Augmentation, a scheme for financing farmers in Odisha.
Eligibility for the Scholarship:
- Students should be the children of KALIA beneficiaries.
- They should be studying in government professional colleges on merit.
Features of Krushak Assistance for Livelihood and Income Augmentation:
- Under the Scheme, Odisha would spend Rs 10,180 crore over three years until 2020-21 in providing financial assistance to cultivators and landless agricultural labourers benefitting 92% of the cultivators in the state and including every category from big farmers to landless cultivators.
- The Government would provide Rs 10,000 per family as assistance for cultivation, Rs 5,000 each in the Kharif and Rabi seasons, for five cropping seasons between 2018-19 and 2021-22.
- The financial assistance under the scheme is not linked to the quantum of land owned.
- The scheme also targets landless households, specifically SC and ST families; they will be supported with a unit cost of Rs 12,500 for activities like goat rearing, mushroom cultivation, beekeeping, poultry farming and fishery.
- The Scheme also provides a life insurance cover of Rs 2 lakh and additional personal accident coverage of the same amount for 57 lakh households.
- The Scheme also proposes interest-free crop loans up to Rs 50,000.
One must know:
- KALIA scheme was introduced by the Government of Odisha as an alternative to the demand of farm loan waiver.
- KALIA scheme strives to target rural activities as a whole by supporting farming on a small scale, sharecropping, fishing and animal herding which doesn't get covered under loan waiver schemes.
Question:
Q. The Government of which state has launched the KALIA Chhatra Bruti scholarship for the children of farmers?a. Bihar
b. Uttarakhand
c. Odisha
d. Rajasthan
