Mangalore: DC Subodh Yadav in the press meet held at DC Court, Chief Minister BS Yedduyarappa in his speech announced that a new pro-farmer programme ‘Suvarna Bhoomi Yojana’ will be launched in the state on April 1, for which the state government has earmarked Rs 1,000 crore in the budget.
He said according to CM’s new scheme, 10 lakh small and marginal farmer families would be given Rs 10,000 each as incentive to take up horticulture, sericulture, natural and dairy farming.
He said that in Dakshina Kannada around 27841 small and marginal farmers will get the benefit out of which 5568 are schedule caste, 2784 are schedule tribe and 19481 are general beneficiaries. There is 33 percent reservation for Women farmers. If the number of applications from the women farmers are less then it will consider to men, he said.
Speaking on the Fishing department, he said that the farmers related to fishing department must clean and recreate the lake for the artificial hybrid of the fishes. The new will also give financial assistance of Rs 10,000 to them, he added.
Pointing towards the Horticulture department, DC said that according to the order given by the director of Horticulture the programme must be successful under the implementation of Taluk nodle officer.  Altogether around 6960 beneficiaries will get the news scheme, out of which 1392 from Schedule Caste, 696 from Schedule Tribe and 4872 from general category from taluks like Mangalore, Bantwal, Puttur, Sullia and  Belthangady.
According to the scheme, families of small and marginal farmers (holding below five acres of land) would be given a financial aid of Rs. 10,000 a year in two instalments for raising crops in up to an extent of two acres.