SAMRUDHI – State Agricultural Policy (SAP) Of Odisha – Economics – Free PDF

CURRENT AFFAIR

• The Odisha government launched its new State Agricultural Policy (SAP) 2020-SAMRUDHI
• Focus- Profitability for farmers.

SAMRUDHI

• Samrudhi is focused on the social and economic well-being of farmers, sharecroppers and landless agriculture households.
• Aims to actualise the untapped potential of agriculture, while ensuring growth process is environmentally, economically and technologically inclusive.
• It is based on an 8-pillar strategy focused on simultaneous reforms.

8 PILLAR STRATEGY

• Diversification, market linkages and use of technology.
• Mechanisms to orient governance reforms towards farmer-centricity.
• Creation of agriculture production clusters.
• Creation of an agro-ecological map, which will help in identify an ideal cropping pattern.
• The policy also suggests that these clusters should be linked to the market aggressively by removing all the existing barriers.
• Innovative market reforms like the eNAM portal, Gramin Agricultural Markets (GrAM), creation of market information system for disseminating current and forecasted prices have been laid down.
• Adoption of model acts like the Model Contract Farming Act, etc, with suitable changes necessary for its implementation in Odisha.
• Development of warehousing and quality testing infrastructure for better marketing of the crops.
• Widespread usage of new-age technology to increase the quality of farming and farm products.

SECTORS

• Development of livestock and fisheries, as they have contributed the most to the growth of farmer incomes.
• For livestock, it includes elements like protection of animals from diseases, artificial insemination, conservation of indigenous species and encouraging the private sector to create value chains.
• For fisheries, the focus is on the promotion of inland fisheries and digitisation of Odisha’s assets like ponds and lakes.

FORMATION OF SAMRUDHI

• Participative Process – involvement of various government departments, policy experts, NGOs working with Odisha.
• To create the policy, relevant data for the last 15 years was analysed and specific opportunity areas for policy interventions were identified.
• This policy is a time-bound, action-oriented document that clearly lists outcome targets the state should achieve over the next five years.

KALIA SCHEME

• KALIA or “Krushak Assistance for Livelihood and Income Augmentation” scheme was launched by the Odisha Government for farmer’s welfare.
• Aim- Accelerate agricultural prosperity and reduce poverty in the State payments to encourage cultivation and associated activities.
• It is a viable alternative to farm loan waivers.

Provision of the Scheme

• For Cultivators: All farmers will be provided Rs 10,000 per family as assistance for cultivation. Each family will get Rs 5,000 separately in the Kharif and Rabi. Crop loans up to Rs 50,000 are interest-free.
• For Landless Agricultural Households: Financial Assistance of Rs.12500 will be provided to each landless Agricultural Household for Agricultural allied activities like for small goat rearing unit, mini-layer unit, duckery units, fishery kits for fisherman, mushroom cultivation and bee-keeping, etc.
• For Elderly: The elderly, sick and differently-abled population who are unable to take up cultivation, will be provided Rs 10,000 per household per year.
• Insurance for cultivators and landless agricultural household: Life insurance cover of Rs 2 lakh and additional personal accident coverage of the same amount for 57 lakh households.

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