This year’s third supplementary budget or demand for grants of Rs 4546.27 crores has been passed by the State Assembly on Thursday. The opposition opposed the demand for grants while the ruling parties supported it.
The cut motion of the opposition was rejected. The supplementary budget was passed on the basis of majority. The State Finance Minister, Dr Rameshwar Oraon called it necessary. He said that 68.73 per cent of the budget allocations has been spent so far this year.
Agriculture-notes-for-state-psc-exams”>Agriculture Minister Badal said that the FPO scheme by is implemented in Jharkhand. Under this scheme, small and marginal farmers are integrated and registered in the Company or Co-operative Act. So that they purchase inputs in an organized manner and make them available to the farmers and get the right price by taking the agricultural produce to the market through e-Nam and other means, he added. He said that from the year 2020-21, 68 FPOs have been formed by NABARD in the Central Sector Scheme of 10000 FPOs of the Government of India in the state. FPO has been formed through many other agencies whose number is 257.