During a programme in Rajpur, Balrampur district, Chief Minister Bhupesh Baghel virtually released a number of Rs 10 crore 70 lakh online to cattle rearers, women Self-Help Groups associated with Gauthans, and Gauthan committees under the Godhan Nyay Yojana. The sum includes a payment of Rs 2.34 crore in lieu of cow dung purchased from cattle rearers, farmers, and landless from April 16 to April 30, as well as a dividend payment of Rs 5.04 crore to Gauthan committees and Rs 3.32 crore to women SHGs.
Agriculture Minister Ravindra Choubey, Urban Administration Minister Shiv Kumar Dahriya, Parliamentary Secretary Chintamani Maharaj, Advisor to Chief Minister Pradeep Sharma, Chief Secretary Amitabh Jain, Additional Chief Secretary to Chief Minister Subrat Sahoo, Principal Secretary and Godhan Nyay Mission Coordinator Alok Shukla, Agriculture Production Commissioner Kamal Preet Singh, and other senior officials attended the event.
The Godhan Nyay Yojana is the only such scheme in the country and the globe, under which cow dung is purchased for Rs.2 per kilogramme in the Gauthans of Chhattisgarh.
In the state-run Gauthans, cow dung obtained under the scheme is utilized to make various products like as vermicompost, super compost, and super compost plus on a big scale.
