Chhattisgarh to procure cow dung from farmers for vermicompost

The Chhattisgarh federal government is scheduling to procure cow dung at ₹1.fifty for each kilogram from cattle rearers as component of its ‘Gaudhan Nyay Yojana’ which will be released on July 20, coinciding with the Hareli pageant, officers said on Sunday.

The advice to obtain cow dung was built on Saturday by a state cabinet sub-committee under agriculture minister Ravindra Choubey, said a federal government spokesperson.

Chief Minister Bhupesh Baghel experienced, on June 25, introduced the scheme and said it would be used for significant-scale generation of vermicompost (merchandise of decomposition of natural issue introduced about by worms).

He experienced said it would be released on Hareli pageant, which is celebrated to mark the start off of agricultural activities.

The scheme is aimed at advertising and marketing cattle rearing, making certain the safety of livestock and strengthening the rural economic climate.

Whilst the cabinet sub-committee deliberated on the procurement value, another under main secretary KP Mandal was formed to program the procurement, monetary management and generation of vermicompost.

Choubey in the meeting said the dung would be gathered by ‘gauthan’ committees and women of self-aid teams door to door and a procurement card will be issued in which information of invest in will be preserved.

The urban administration division and forest committees will oversee the scheme in their respective places, the official added.