To double the income of the farmers, the central government is running several schemes. One of these operations is the Greens-Top to Total scheme.
To increase the income of farmers, turmeric has also been included in the subsidy through Kisan Rail Transport. The Ministry of Railways and Food Processing Industries runs the Operation Greens-Top to Total scheme. Under this, 50 percent subsidy is given on the transportation of fruits and vegetables already fixed. If put in easy words, any person including the farmer can transport any notified fruits and vegetables crop through the farmer. Railways have to pay only 50% transportation fee for the transportation of these fruits and vegetables, the remaining 50% is given by the Ministry of Transport to Indian Railways under its Operation Greens Scheme.
Currently, the railway is operating three farmer railways – Deolali (Maharashtra) to Muzaffarpur, Andhra Pradesh to Anantpur to Delhi and Bangalore to Delhi. She is also going to start operating the fourth Kisan Rail which runs from Nagpur and Varud Orange City to Delhi in Maharashtra.
now what happened
According to information released by the railway, Mandarin (a kind of orange) and turmeric (raw) were included in the list of 50 percent transport subsidy fruits and vegetables through the train service under Operation Greens – Top to Total scheme. is.
List of subsidized fruits and vegetables
Fruits – Mango, Banana, Guava, Kiwi, Lychee, Papaya, Mosham, Orange, Kino, Lime, Lemon, Pineapple, Pomegranate, Jackfruit, Apple, Almond, Amla, Passion Fruit and Pear,
Vegetables – bean pod, bitter gourd, brinjal, capsicum, carrots, cauliflower, green chillies, okra, cucumber, cucumber, peas, garlic, onions, potatoes and tomatoes.
Along with farmers, consumers also get benefit
Kisan Rail provides transportation service to transport agricultural produce from one corner of the country to the other fast. This benefits both farmers and consumers.
Fulfilling the needs of small farmers and small traders, Kisan Rail is not only bringing significant changes in this business but it is also bringing changes in lives by realizing efforts to increase the income of farmers.
Fast and cheap transport is provided. Due to this, perishable fruits and vegetables are transported in big cities in less time. Farmers get good prices from this. At the same time, consumers get vegetables and fruits at a cheaper price.
It is noteworthy that Indian Railways is constantly making efforts to transport agricultural produce through freight trains. Even during the lockdown, the freight trains of the railways were being operated continuously to ensure the continuous supply of essential materials so that there would be no problems in any part of the country. Due to the availability of more rakes, there has been a lot of improvement in the lifting of crops like wheat, pulses, fruits, vegetables.
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Another farmer train started
Northeast Frontier Railway has decided to run a special farmer train from Agartala to Howrah and Sealdah from 11 February i.e. from today. The special farmer train will leave Agartala one day a week on Thursday i.e. at 7:15 pm today. It will reach Sealdah on Saturday. The North East Frontier Railway (NFR) will run special trains from Agartala to Howrah and Sealdah from Thursday. The Kisan Special Train will leave Agartala once a week on Thursday at 7:15 and reach Sealdah on Saturday.
In a statement on behalf of the North East Frontier Railway chief PRO Subhan Chanda, it has been said that the railways have started running these farmer special train services to transport perishable and agricultural products including milk, meat and fish. The statement said, “This multi-commodity, multi-consigner / consign, multi-loading unloading transportation product aims to provide a wider market to our farmers.”
The train will have stops for loading unloading at Dharmanagar, Badarpur, Lumding, Guwahati, Kamakhya, Goalpara, New Bongaigaon, New Alipurduar, New Coochbehar, New Jalpaiguri, Malda Town, Kaltipur, Bardhaman and Bandel.
The train will have stoppages for loading, unloading at Dharmanagar, Badarpur, Lumding, Guwahati, Kamakhya, Goalpara, New Bongaigaon, New Alipurduar, New Coochbehar, New Jalpaiguri, Malda Town, Kaltipur, Bardhaman and Bandel
