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• Union Minister for Agriculture and Farmers Welfare will inaugurate the activities of Ministry of Agriculture & Farmers Welfare under ‘Kisan Bhagidari Prathmikta Hamari' Campaign today.

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• To ensure that all farmers get the benefit of the Kisan Credit Card (KCC) scheme, the district administration is set to launch “Kisan Bhagidari Prathmikta Hamari ‘’
• The campaign is being organised under ‘Azadi Ka Amrit Mahotsav’ in association with various other Ministries and Departments.
• Under this the Department of Agriculture Research and Education would be organising a Krishi Mela at each Krishi Vigyan Kendra and field exhibition on natural farming.
• Union Agriculture Minister will launch the country-wide workshop on crop insurance organised by common service centre (CSC). A National Atma Nirbhar Bharat Conclave of 75 selected farmers and entrepreneurs will be under the campaign.
• Under the campaign a special drive would be conducted by the banks in coordination with the district administration, NABARD and local self-government departments to mobilize the potential KCC beneficiaries and to sanction cards on the spot.
• A special gram sabha would be conducted in villages wherein the farmers who do not have KCC would be mobilised to fill the form.
• Milestones of agriculture development in 75 years of Indian Independence including Green Revolution: Self-sufficiency in food grain production will be highlighted during the campaign.
• More than one crore farmers and stakeholders are expected to participate in the Kisan Bhagidari, Prathmikta Hamari’ campaign.

https://pib.gov.in/PressReleasePage.aspx?PRID=1819852

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