Bhubaneswar, Sept 8: Odisha government is going to launch the cherished CM Kisan Yojna on the agrarian festivity Nuakhai, celebrated today.
Chief Minister Mohan Charan Majhi reaches Sambalpur in the morning to officially launch the CM Kisan Yojana at Gangadhar Meher University auditorium on the occasion of Nuakhai on Sunday during his two-day visit to Sambalpur.
He is schedule to inaugurate the dedicated CM Kisan Web Portal for the scheme at about 4 pm.
Union Education Minister and Sambalpur MP Dharmendra Pradhan, Revenue and Disaster Management Minister Suresh Pujari, Minister of Rural Development, Panchayati Raj and Drinking Water Rabi Narayan Naik and Sambalpur MLA Jaynarayan Mishra will join the occasion, said BJP Headquarters sources.
This initiative, which replaces KALIA scheme of the previous BJD government, aims to empower small and marginal farmers, as well as landless agricultural households, across the state. Majhi had earlier described CM-Kisan as a top-up in addition to Rs 6,000 provided under PM-Kisan in a year in three instalments of Rs 2000 each.
