New Delhi: Congress president Sonia Gandhi launched the Rajiv Gandhi Kisan Nyay scheme in Chhattisgarh by way of video conferencing at present and mentioned this was a real tribute to the previous prime minister.
Addressing the launch occasion on the event of Rajiv Gandhi’s dying anniversary, she lauded the scheme, saying it should deliver a change within the lives of farmers and assist them change into self-reliant.
“Such schemes should be implemented at the ground level to help bring a change in the lives of people. This is a revolutionary scheme and is a true tribute to Rajiv Gandhi. This is a big step taken in lines with the values of Rajiv Gandhi,” she mentioned.
The Congress chief mentioned there’s a plan to incorporate landless tribal agricultural labourers within the second part of this scheme. “This is a very unique decision which will make them all self-sufficient,” she mentioned.
Ms Gandhi additionally mentioned that underneath the Rajiv Gandhi Kisan NYAY Yojana, provisions have been made to supply funds to the farmers of Chhattisgarh, to encourage crop manufacturing and ship funds on to their financial institution accounts.
She recalled how the previous prime minister had love and respect in his coronary heart for the farmers, particularly ladies and tribal farmers, and he typically visited the countryside to have direct communication with them.
Empowering the farmers, offering them with assist in powerful occasions, offering remunerative costs of their crops and leveraging know-how to hyperlink agriculture with the nation and overseas was his thought and dedication, the Congress president mentioned.
Former Congress president Rahul Gandhi additionally lauded the Chhattisgarh authorities for launching the scheme at a time when the poor and farmers had been dealing with hardships because of the coronavirus outbreak and the lockdown imposed to include the unfold of the illness.
He mentioned persons are struggling because of the coronavirus and essentially the most affected are the poor.
Chhattisgarh Chief Minister Bhupesh Baghel mentioned the Rajiv Gandhi Kisan Nyay Yojana will profit 19 lakh farmers and assist deliver extra space underneath cultivation.
He mentioned the intention of the scheme is to assist farmers earn extra and produce extra space within the state underneath cultivation, which at the moment stands at 20 per cent.