The separate agriculture budget would provide for an increased allocation of funds to the Mukhya Mantri Krishak Sathi Yojana for which the budgetary allocations have been increased from Rs 2000 crore to Rs 5000 crore and all the 11 various missions under the Krishak Sathi Yojana will be covered under this funding.For the first time, the micro-irrigation mission has been made part of the agriculture budget for which a provision of Rs 2700 crore has been made to make it a center of excellence. The Rajasthan Micro Irrigation Mission would help five lakh farmers. Under the Rajasthan Organic Farming Mission, a provision of Rs 600 crore has been made that would benefit four lakh farmers.Millets (bajra) production has been given incentives under the new agriculture budget with a provision of Rs 100 crore. Similarly, under various agriculture missions, budgetary provisions have been increased and under farm mechanization mission, 1000 drones would be provided to farmers for agricultural production surveillance.In other major announcements, Gehlot announced a sixty percent subsidy to farmers on installation of solar pump sets. The estimated expenditure under this scheme would be Rs 5000 crore and a special subsidy of Rs 45000 would be given to SC and ST farmers in this scheme.In yet another major announcement, the Chief Minister said that Rs 6700 crore will be spent on providing 3.38 lakh pending agriculture electricity connections.Interest–free crop loans amounting to Rs 20,000 crore are to be disbursed to five lakh new farmers. These loan disbursements will have a Rs 650 crore interest subsidy. For the non-farming sector, interest-free loans amounting to Rs 2000 crore will be made.Under a separate provision for irrigation, Rs 14,860 crore will be spent on restructuring various irrigation projects.Rs 2600 crore will be spent on water harvesting and conservation mission under Rajiv Gandhi Jal Sanchay Yojana Phase II.Various works under the ambitious Eastern Rajasthan canal project would be undertaken after setting up a separate ERCP corporation and a budgetary provision of Rs 9600 crore has been made.
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