IFFCO Director R P Singh came face to face with ground realities concerning farmers during a trip to remote areas of Bihar. In a frank admission he noted that the much-touted schemes of the govt are yet to percolate down to the needy.
In a series of tweets Singh said neither the soil health card nor the Jan Dhan scheme has benefitted even a single farmer in the areas he visited. R.P Singh tweet read “Talked to many farmers. They opened Jan Dhan Account with high hopes. But no benefit has so far been transferred to their accounts.”
Readers would note that IFFCO organizes meetings with farmers of the country and educate them about soil rejuvenation, use of bio- fertilizer under the campaign “save our soil”. IFFCO officials, director as well as MD Dr U S Awasthi attend such meetings whenever they have time.
Legal and HR Head of IFFCO Mr R P Singh was on one such trip in the Pirpainti area of Bhagalpur where he discovered the truth of govt schemes and tweeted them boldly. In a next tweet he said “Attended soil rejuvenation and maze crop seminar at Pirpainti, Bhagalpur in Bihar. Not a single participant issued soil health card.
Readers would note that under the Soil Health Card (SHC) Scheme, Government of India provides assistance to State Governments to issue SHCs to all farmers in the country.
Under the scheme about 2.53 crore samples will be collected and tested to generate 14 crore SHCs for farmers once in a cycle of 3 years. The scheme has been approved with a total outlay of Rs. 568.54 crore with Government of India and the States ratio being 50:50.
