Bhubaneswar, 28 Jan. 2019: The Second Phase of Krushak Assistance for Livelihood and Income Augmentation (KALIA) Scheme has commenced from January 25.
The second Draft Beneficiary List (DBL) for small and marginal farmers and first DBL for Landless Agricultural Labourers are already on display at different public places of gram panchayat (GP) from January 25 and would be available till February 3 for any objections and suggestions.
It is pertinent to mention here that second DBL of small and marginal farmers consists of two parts- Part A and Part B. While Part A consists of names of those small and marginal farmers who had applied in Green Forms during Phase 1, Part B list consists of those farmers whose details such as Names, Father Names, Complete Address, Aadhar No. and Bank details etc. were not complete in the official records.
The applicants under Part B, i.e. where information is incomplete, will submit required information and documents for inclusion of their names under KALIA Scheme, by depositing duly filled Green Forms in Green Boxes and those would be available at GP offices till February 3.
For objection or self-exclusion on the second DBL, one can use the Red Form and shall drop the same in the Red DropBox kept at GP office till February 3. It is important to note here that an employee/ retired employee of State / Central/PSU will be excluded from KALIA Scheme. Any applicant coming under Income Tax Payee, Big farmer, Members of the same family will also be excluded.
KALIA BARTA UPDATE
KALIA Barta, an innovative information service by the Odisha Government to facilitate dissemination of information to farmers about the KALIA Scheme, has added more than 7.07 lakh farmers till date.
While more than 95.11 lakh SMS were sent to people wanting to know about the KALIA Scheme, by this afternoon, more than 86.59 lakh people have so far visited the website www.kalia.co.in to know more about the new scheme for the farmers.
Any farmer wanting to get information on KALIA Scheme can register for Kalia Barta by giving a “missed call” to the Telephone No: 08061174222. All information about KALIA Scheme will also be sent to his phone number through SMS and Voice Calls from time to time.
Prasanta Patnaik