SANGSAD BHABAN, Sept 13, 2023 (BSS) - Agriculture Minister Dr M AbdurRazzaque today said the government has earmarked Taka 600 crore for theagricultural incentive sector in the current 2023-24 fiscal year. In 2022-23, the government has provided Taka 500 crore aiming to encourageand providing agricultural assistance to the farmers through agriculturalincentive and agriculture rehabilitation programme to enhance theagricultural output. Around 67.65 lakh farmers were benefitted from the incentives, he told theparliament with Speaker Dr Shirin Sharmin Chaudhury in the chair. Under the current agricultural incentive and rehabilitation programme, Takaover 209 crore has already been disbursed among the farmers for cultivatingdifferent crops including Black gram, summer onion, wheat, Maize, Mustard,sunflower, peanuts, soya bean, winter onion, Mung bean, lentil and KhesariDal. Over 20 lakh farmers already have been benefitted with the programme.

Source: Bangladesh Sangbad Sangstha September 13, 2023 21:28 UTC