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Haryana: Cotton growers diversified under MPMV scheme to receive Ist installment of incentive soon

Chandigarh, Aug 11 (UNI) Cotton growers in 17 districts of Haryana, who had diversified from paddy under the ‘Mera Pani – Meri Virasat’ scheme during Kharif 2020, will soon receive their first installment of incentive at the rate of Rs 2,000 per acre, directly into their bank accounts.
A total of Rs 10.21 lakh will be disbursed to such farmers as the first installment, Mr Sanjeev Kaushal, Additional Chief Secretary, Agriculture and Farmers’ Welfare Department, said here on Tuesday.
He said that the installment was being disbursed to farmers through Direct Benefits Transfer mode after completion of physical verification process by officials of the Department. A total of 20,420 hectares was verified to have been diversified from paddy to cotton in Sirsa, Fatehabad, Jind, Hisar, Kaithal, Jhajjar, Bhiwani, Charkhi Dadri, Sonepat, Rohtak, Faridabad, Palwal, Rewari, Mewat, Gurugram, Panipat and Karnal districts.
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J&K: Ten killed as passenger taxi falls into gorge in Ramban

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