15th installment of Rs 3.75 crore and 16th installment of Rs. 3.80 crores to be transferred to the account of the livestock owners

Total amount of Rs 88 crore to be paid under Godhan Nyaya Yojana by March 21


 Raipur, 19 March 2021

Chief Minister Mr. Bhupesh Baghel will transfer a total amount of Rs 7 crore 55 lakh to the bank accounts of livestock owners as the 15th and 16th instalment under Godhan Nyaya Yojana on March 21. This includes, 15th instalment of Rs 3 crore 75 lakh and the 16th instalment of Rs 3 crore 80 lakh. Adding 15th and 16th instalments, the total amount paid to the beneficiaries of Godhan Nyaya Yojana would add up to Rs 88 crore by March 21.
It is noteworthy that with an objective to provide additional income to the livestock owners, Godhan Nyaya Yojana was launched on July 20, 2020 on the occasion of Hareli festival for procurement of cow dung at the rate of Rs. 2 per kg. Under this scheme, payment against dung procurement is being done fortnightly. Women self-help groups are producing vermi compost in Gauthans from the procured dung. Till March 15, 1 lakh 18 thousand 611 quintals of vermi compost has been produced in Gauthans, and 83 thousand 900 quintals of the vermi compost so produced has already been sold. Nearly 1 lakh 62 thousand 497 cattle rearers and around 70 thousand 299 landless villagers in the state are being benefitted under the scheme. 44.55 percent of the beneficiaries of Godhan Nyaya Yojana are women. Vermi compost regulations are also being tested for quality control of vermicompost produced in Gothan. So far, 3 thousand 184 samples have been tested.
So far 44 lakh quintals of cow dung has been procured from the cattle ranchers under Godhan Nyaya Yojana. Construction of total 9 thousand 487 gauthans was sanctioned under Suraji Gaon Yojana, out of which construction of 5 thousand 586 gauthans has already been completed while construction of 2 thousand 772 gauthans is in progress. Last month, 324 gauthans have been built in the state. Similarly, construction of 85 thousand 503 vermi stitches in gauthans were approved, and 69 thousand 972 of these vermi stitches have already been constructed by March 15. The number of self-supporting gauthans in the state has increased to 387.