Chief Minister Shri Bhupesh Baghel will release an amount of Rs 10 crore 90 lakh online to the cattle rearing villagers, women groups associated with Gauthans and Gauthan committees under the Godhan Nyay Yojana through a virtual program organized at his residence office in Raipur at 11 am on June 16. In which, from June 1 to June 15, Rs 2.95 crore was paid in lieu of cow dung purchased from cattle rearing villagers, farmers, landless in Gauthans of the state, 4.79 crores to Gauthan committees and 3.16 crores to women groups. So far, Rs 272 crore 20 lakh has been paid to the beneficiaries under Godhan Nyay Yojana. After the payment of 10.90 crores on June 16, this figure will be Rs 283 crores 10 lakhs. It may be mentioned here that due to meet-and-greet programme, Chief Minister Mr. Baghel had released Rs.15.37 crore as 45th installment to the beneficiaries of Godhan Nyay Yojana on June 5 from district headquarters Kanker. The payment of Rs 10.90 crore as the 46th installment of Godhan Nyay after 10 days shows the commitment of the Chief Minister to his promise. Even during his stay at Rajpur in Balrampur district of Surguja division, on May 5, 2022, the Chief Minister had released the amount of Godhan Nyay Yojana online in the account of the beneficiaries. Godhan Nyay Yojana is the only such scheme in the country and the world, under which cow dung is being purchased at the rate of Rs.2 a kg in the Gauthans of Chhattisgarh state. Rs 144.11 crore has also been paid to villagers selling cow dung in lieu of dung purchased in Gauthans till May 31. After the payment of Rs 2.95 crore to cow dung vendors on June 16, this figure will increase to Rs 147.06 crore. An amount of Rs 128.09 crore has been paid so far to Gauthan committees and women self-help groups. This figure will increase to Rs 136.04 crore after the payment of Rs 4.79 crore to Gauthan committees and Rs 3.16 crore to self-help groups on June 16. Vermicompost, Super Compost, Super Compost Plus and other products are being prepared on a large scale from cow dung purchased by women’s groups under Godhan Nyay Yojana in Gauthans. 15 lakh 88 thousand quintals of vermi compost and more than 5 lakh 11 thousand quintals of super compost and 18 thousand 925 quintals of super compost plus manure have been manufactured by women’s groups, which through societies are provided to various departments of the government and farmers at a concessional rate. is being supplied. Apart from manure from cow dung, women’s groups are earning profit by manufacturing and selling go-casts, lamps, incense sticks, idols and other materials. Apart from this, various other income-oriented activities are being conducted by women groups in Gauthans, including vegetable and mushroom production, poultry, goat, fish farming and animal husbandry, due to which women groups have earned an income of Rs.69 crore 56 lakh so far. are done. There are 12,013 women self-help groups directly associated with Gauthans in the state, with a member strength of 82725. Electricity generation has been started in Gauthans by purchasing cow dung. MoU has been signed to make natural paint from cow dung. According to the intention of Chief Minister Bhupesh Baghel, Gauthans are being developed as Rural Industrial Parks. To promote income-oriented activities, agriculture and forest produce based processing units are being set up rapidly here. For the conservation and welfare of cow in the state, construction of Gauthans is being done at a rapid pace in the villages. There is better management of livestock care, treatment and free fodder and water in Gauthans. So far, approval has been given for construction of Gauthans in 10,624 villages, out of which 8408 Gauthans are built and operated, out of which 3 thousand 89 Gauthans have become self-supporting as of today. So far, cow dung worth Rs 14 crore 63 lakh has been purchased in self-supporting Gauthans. More than 2 lakh 11 thousand rural, livestock farmers are getting benefited from Godhan Nyay Yojana. Women make up 45.79 percent of those earning additional income by selling cow dung. More than one lakh 24 thousand landless families are getting benefited from this scheme. Like this:Like Loading… Continue Reading