Agriculture Minister Dr M Abdur
Razzaque today said the government has earmarked Taka 600 crore for the
agricultural incentive sector in the current 2023-24 fiscal year.
"The government has kept Taka 600 crore for providing incentives to the
farmers to increase agricultural production in the country", said the
minister while responding to query which was tabled at the Jatiya Sangsad
here and it was raised by treasury bench lawmaker M Shahiduzzaman Sarker of
Naogon-2.
In 2022-23, the government has provided Taka 500 crore aiming to encourage
and providing agricultural assistance to the farmers through agricultural
incentive and agriculture rehabilitation programme to enhance the
agricultural output.
Around 67.65 lakh farmers were benefitted from the incentives, he told the
parliament with Speaker Dr Shirin Sharmin Chaudhury in the chair.
Under the current agricultural incentive and rehabilitation programme, Taka
over 209 crore has already been disbursed among the farmers for cultivating
different crops including Black gram, summer onion, wheat, Maize, Mustard,
sunflower, peanuts, soya bean, winter onion, Mung bean, lentil and Khesari
Dal.
Over 20 lakh farmers already have been benefitted with the programme.
Source: Bangladesh Sangbad Sangstha