Correct Answer : Uttar Pradesh
Uttar Pradesh government on Thursday(4th Aug 2022), announced that Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath's "Panchamrut Yojana" will help to achieve the goal of doubling farmers' income through the introduction of cost-effective technical measures and promotion of co-cropping method.
It is worth mentioning here, that the Yogi Government increased the sugarcane support price by Rs 350 in the last crushing season in advance, which included Rs 340 for normal and Rs 335 for species declared unsuitable.
According to an official of the Sugarcane Development Department, the Government has already started taking steps under Panchamrut Yojana to achieve this goal, and would initially select a total of 2028 farmers in the state ahead of the autumn season, to develop model plots so that more and more innovative farmers felt encouraged to join the programme for their own benefit.
The official said, “
The minimum area of this plot will be 0.5 hectares, while at least 15 plots each will be selected in
Sugarcane Development Councils of
Central and
Western Uttar Pradesh and 10 in Eastern Uttar Pradesh. Different goals have been set district-wise in terms of implementation of methods for maximum outcome under ‘
Panchamrut Yojana'”..
Source : The Print
