The Covid-19 pandemic had little impact on the Agriculture sector and it functioned easily, Union Agriculture Minister Narendra Singh Tomar stated.
He stated to make sure simple availability of funds, the Government has issued 2.6 crore Kisan Credit Cards with a sanction restrict of Rs 2.77 lakh crore until November this 12 months.
The Centre has taken all mandatory measures to make sure clean operation of agriculture associated actions, stated a senior officer of the Agriculture Ministry right here on Saturday.
During the lockdown, the Government had exempted farming and allied actions had been exempted. “Seed, pesticide, fertilizer dealers and other input related activities were allowed to open for making inputs available to the farmers,” the Agriculture Minister stated.
He stated inter and intra state motion of farm equipment specifically mix harvesters was facilitated. As a end result each harvesting actions of the Rabi crop and sowing actions of Summer crop passed off in a scientific method, he acknowledged.
On the supply of credit score for agriculture actions, the Ministry stated in the course of the first wave of COVID-19 pandemic, Government prolonged the date of renewal of brief time period agriculture mortgage for six months, which had develop into due or would have develop into due from March final 12 months.
Similarly in the course of the second wave additionally, the Government prolonged the date of renewal of the brief time period agriculture mortgage by six months from March this 12 months with commensurate profit of two per cent curiosity subvention and three per cent immediate compensation incentive as much as prolonged date, the Minister stated.