Mumbai: With the Maharashtra assembly elections a month away, the Mahayuti government is focusing on farm issues, especially cotton and soybean growing farmers. In the cabinet meeting held on Tuesday, the government made a major announcement of distribution of Rs 2399 crores as subsidy to soya-cotton farmers.
In the first phase, Rs 2,398 crore 93 lakh rupees are being deposited in the accounts of 49 lakh 50 thousand account holders. A total of Rs 4,194 crores are alloted through the DBT system, out of which Rs 1,548 crore 34 lakh have been provided for cotton and Rs 2,646 crore 34 lakh for soybeans growers. Total 96 lakh account holder farmers will benefit out of this scheme, said state minister Dhananjay Munde.
