Farmers in Karnali to benefit from pension scheme

Surkhet– The Karnali Province government is set to launch a 'farmer pension programme' from this year around. 
The Land Management, Agriculture and Cooperative Ministry is planning to provide pension to the farmers within a ceiling of Rs 10 million, a budget earmarked in the current fiscal year. 

It is shared that the pension scheme was arranged with budgetary allocation to incentivize farmers and boost up agro productivity. 

Bimala KC, Minister for Agriculture, shared that inputs are being collected from diverse stakeholders in framing work procedure of pension programme and its effective implementation. ---