‘Jal Hi Jeevan Hai’ Scheme | 26 Jun 2019

Jal Hi Jeevan Hai Scheme has been launched by the Haryana government.

• The scheme has been launched with an aim to encourage farmers to adopt crop diversification and sow crops consuming less water like Maize, Arhar etc. instead of water guzzling crops such as paddy so as to conserve water.
  
  • Due to continuous paddy growing in the State, about 1 meter of water table is depleting per year.
• Under the scheme, the amount Rs. 2000/acre will be transferred into the accounts of farmers in two phases i.e. Rs. 200/- at the time of registration and the balance Rs. 1800/- after verification of sowing data within two months. Free of cost hybrid seeds would also be provided under the scheme.
• The diversified crops produced, would be completely procured by the State Government.